Tulip Tree Live Plant, Liriodendron tulipifera, 26–36 Inch Potted Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Fast Growing Shade Tree, Spring Flowers

Add a beautiful native North American tree to your landscape with Liriodendron tulipifera, commonly known as Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, or Yellow Poplar. This impressive deciduous tree is admired for its rapid growth, distinctive tulip-shaped spring flowers, and brilliant golden-yellow autumn foliage.

Tulip Tree makes a striking shade tree or flowering landscape specimen. Its attractive bluish-green leaves provide a fresh summer canopy before turning golden yellow in fall.

🌷 Plant Features

• Botanical Name: Liriodendron tulipifera

• Common Names: Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar

• Plant Type: Deciduous flowering tree

• Shipping Height: Approximately 26–36 inches

• Shipping Form: Fully rooted potted tree

• Mature Height: Approximately 60–100 feet

• Mature Spread: Approximately 30–50 feet

• USDA Hardiness Zones: 4–9

• Growth Rate: Fast-growing

🌼 Flowers & Seasonal Color

Tulip Tree produces distinctive yellow and orange, tulip-shaped flowers, typically blooming from May to June. Its bright bluish-green leaves create a beautiful summer canopy before changing to golden yellow in autumn.

The flowers provide nectar for pollinating insects and ruby-throated hummingbirds. Seeds are also a food source for birds and small mammals.

🦋 Wildlife & Ecological Value

This tree offers valuable habitat and food resources:

• Flowers attract pollinating insects and hummingbirds.

• Seeds provide food for birds, mice, squirrels, and rabbits.

• Serves as a host plant for tiger swallowtail and spicebush swallowtail butterflies.

☀️ Growing Conditions

• Sunlight: Full sun.

• Water: Prefers regular moisture.

• Soil: Adaptable to clay and wet soils.

• Hardiness: Suitable for USDA Zones 4–9.

Important Planting Consideration: Tulip Trees grow large and rapidly. Choose a spacious planting location away from buildings, overhead utilities, and other trees that could become crowded as the tree matures.

🌳 Landscape Uses

Tulip Tree is an excellent choice for:

• Large shade trees

• Residential and estate landscapes

• Street and park plantings where adequate space is available

• Flowering specimen trees

• Native plant and wildlife gardens

Tulip Poplar is also an important timber species used for furniture, plywood, paper pulp, and lumber. It is the state tree of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana.

📦 Plant & Shipping Information

• Available Size: 26–36 inches tall

• Shipping Form: Fully rooted in soil in a pot

• Growing Medium: Soilless nursery mix

• Shipping Carrier: UPS

• Plants ship with leaves during spring and summer.

• During fall and winter, trees naturally become dormant and ship without leaves.

Scenic Hill Farm is a licensed Oregon nursery.

🚚 Shipping Information

• Free shipping is available to most locations.

• PO Boxes, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories may require an additional freight surcharge.

• We ship to all states, subject to applicable shipping restrictions and additional freight charges.

🌱 Upon Arrival

Unpack your tree promptly and keep the growing medium appropriately moist. Plant in a suitable location with enough room for its mature height and spread.

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