Horticulture

American Tuliptree

to your local nurseryperson about a “tuliptree,” they’ve likely shown you the Asian deciduous magnolias with pink chalice flowers that fall to frost more springs than not. In their eagerness to display such a horticultural wonder, they’ve overlooked our North American native tree that goes by the same common name: (USDA Zones 4–9).

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