Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron Tulipifera) [APIARISTS,BEEKEEPING,NECTAR,NATIVE, 12+]

Description: Check out my other garden delights! Apiarists, homesteaders, and gardeners will definitely find something of interest! Taxonomic Information:Genus: Liriodendron Species: tulipifera Synonyms: Liriodendron fastigiatum, Liriodendron procera, Liriodendron truncatifolium, Tulipifera liriodendron Common Names: Tulip poplar, Tulip tree, Tulipwood, American tulip tree, Fiddlewood, Canoewood, Tulip magnolia, Yellow poplar, Whitewood, Tuliptree magnolia, Canary whitewood Description: *Hey, notice how other sellers don't have pictures of their own, and they do not have pictures of germinating their seeds themselves? Makes you think, huh?* The Tulip poplar is actually not a member of the poplar genus (populus) despite its common name. The tulip poplar is a member of the magnolia family, of the Liriodendron genus. The leaves are tulip-shaped, alternate, and simple. The leaf is smooth on both surfaces, dark green and lustrous above, pale and often with a slight whitish bloom beneath. The genus name comes from the Greek words leirion meaning a lily and dendron meaning a tree for the flowers. Specific epithet means tulip bearing for the form of the flowers. The tulip poplar is the largest native hardwood of eastern North America. Individual trees have been known to live for up to 500 years. The Tulip poplar has been valued as an ornamental since 1663. Vanderbilt used it to frame his Biltmore house in Asheville, North Carolina, as Jefferson had done at Monticello. The tree is found in many of the great gardens of the world. Tulip poplar produces tulip-shaped, light greenish-yellow flowers from April to June. It is a prolific seed bearer but has a low percent germination. The cone shaped fruit clusters usually persist on branches. The bark on younger trunks and branches is quite smooth, light ashy-gray with very shallow, longitudinal, whitish furrows. With age the bark becomes very thick, having deep interlacing furrows and rather narrow rounded ridges. The wood of tulip poplar is moderately light, soft, brittle, moderately weak, and is very easily worked. It is used for furniture stock, veneer and pulpwood. Native Americans made dugout canoes from tuliptree trunks. The tulip poplar wood has been one of the favorite types of trees for wood carving by sculptors such as Wilhelm Schimmel and Shields Landon Jones. A gold-coloured dye is obtained from the bark. The tulip tree has been referenced in many poems and the namesakes of other poems, such as William Stafford's "Tulip Tree". It is also a plot element in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Gold-Bug". The blooms are, I personally believe, the most beautiful of any tree. Their scent is heavenly! It has a citrus, fruit-like, sweetness that is unique -a wonderfully distinctive odor I employ in soapmaking! The root is used as a lemon-like flavouring in spruce beer, where it also serves to correct the bitterness of the beer. The bark of the root and branches have a pleasant rather pungent scent. Apart from the beauty and human uses of the blooms, the nectar production is unmatched by all but a few trees. It is a treasure to pollinators. Ruby-throated hummingbirds also love the blooms! This is the state tree of Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana. Highlights: Beautiful bloomsThe species is know to establish and grow very quicklyNo serious insect or disease problemsSymmetrical and pyramidal growth habit from youth through mid-ageStately appearanceAbundant and showy late Spring tulip-like flowersSoil tolerantZones 4-9Great for pollinatorsGreat for hummingbirds Medicinal Uses: Native Americans used the intensely acrid bitter inner bark, especially of the roots, as a diuretic, tonic and stimulant. The raw green bark is also chewed as an aphrodisiac. What is Included: Please choose quantity from the drop-down menu above (extras are always included!) Germination Instructions: Germination is typical of deciduous, temperate hardwoods. The seeds are to be stratified for 2 to 3 months. You can sow them in the fall/winter or artificially stratify them in the refrigerator (35 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit). If you plant them in the spring or summer, they will germinate the following spring. The germination rate of this species is known to be abnormally low. I use the holistic method. Information is from The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation and The Plant Propagator. More information: plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LITU plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_litu.pdf wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LITU missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a878 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera hvp.osu.edu/pocketgardener/source/description/li_ifera.html mortonarb.org/trees-plants/tree-plant-descriptions/tuliptree dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=54 pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Liriodendron+tulipifera arborday.org/trees/treeguide/treedetail.cfm?itemID=930 fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/lirtul/all.htmlgrowforagecookferment.com/spruce-beer/ FREE SHIPPING! Check out my other garden delights! Apiarists, homesteaders, and gardeners will definitely find something of interest!

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Location: Auburn, Alabama

End Time: 2023-09-16T01:05:16.000Z

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