Liriodendron tulipifera 'AUREOMARGINATUM' tulip tree
size/type
tall tree,tall tree
usual height
15-20m
usual width
6-10m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
June-July
location
full sun
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Belonging to the same family as magnolia, common name tulip tree may be misleading. This is the tree with huge lyre-shaped, deciduous leaves which do appear to miss a lobe. This variety is called Aureomarginatum because its leaves are decorated with broad creamy-yellow margins that turn light green as they mature in summer. Leaf colour changes to golden yellow in autumn. The flowers look like small tulips of rich creamy yellow to pale green colour with an orange band at the bottom of the calyx - both inside and outside each flower. I saw plants not older than 5 years and they already produced at least 10 flowers throughout the month of June.
Tulip tree grows fast, though, this variety is a bit slower than its parent, yet you can expect a tree of almost 20 meters in full maturity (50-60 years). If pruned as young (preferably after flowering – early July) it can be kept as a large, dense shrub for some time. It will grow in partial shade, too, but likes full sun best. Tulip tree needs moist, reasonably drained soil, slightly on the acid side. Plants older than some 3 years can withstand temperatures down to approx. -27°C (USDA zone 5b).
Last update 17-06-2012
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
