Emerald City ®
Tulip Tree
There are a few trees we absolutely love, and one that made it to
the top of our list this year is the Liriodendron tulipifera ‘JFS-Oz’
Emerald City ® Tulip Tree. As the name implies, this tree comes
from the native Tulip tree family but has been selected for some
of its unique characteristics.
What is unique about this tree?
Below are some of the most attractive traits of this tree that we
really think makes the Emerald City Tulip stand out.
A Beautiful Form
The Emerald City® Tulip Tree sets itself apart from other varieties
of trees for its beautiful, upright oval shape. This tree should not
require much maintenance or pruning after being planted in your
landscape. It grows upright and uniformly with even branching
throughout the canopy. This tree grows with a straighter trunk
than the native tulip tree and has nice, slightly compact shape.
Deep Green Foliage
The Emerald City® Tulip Tree has a deeper green color in its
leaves than most native tulip varieties, but still sports the unique
leaf shape of Tulip Tree leaves. The leaves have a nice glossy
cover on their leaves which reflect with the sun and breeze
creating a peaceful canopy in the backyard of your landscape
during the summertime.
Blossoms in June
The Emerald City is really unique because of its blossoms in
June. Medium sized yellow flowers will dot the canopy at the
beginning of summer, bringing some blossoms into your yard
during summertime.
These flowers are quite unique as you can see:
Emerald City® Tulip Tree flowers as seen at Garden Gate.
Faster Growing Variety
Although this tree cannot be compared to the Exclamation!™
London Planetree in growth rate, it still is faster growing than
some shade varieties.
A Display of Yellow in Autumn
Not only does this tree have a great shape, beautiful foliage, and
flowers, it also displays a wonderful color of yellow during the
Autumn months. If your landscape has some red and orange
coloring trees during the fall, like varieties of Oaks and Maples,
then you may want to place some Emerald City® Tulip Trees
throughout the landscape to show contrast throughout the
canopies and bring out the red colors more.
Its mature size is a height of 55 feet and gets to be 25 feet in
diameter.
Might be a great tree to add to your next landscape project?
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