The Dawes Arboretum
The Dawes Arboretum
The Dawes Arboretum
Arboretum Explorer
Search
Map
Browse
Features
Tours
Taxon
English
Taxon
Liriodendron
tulipifera
'Glen Gold'
1 / 2
Next
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Glen Gold tulip-tree, Glen Gold yellow-poplar
Family:
Magnoliaceae subfam. Liriodendroideae (magnolia family)
Distribution:
Species native to e. North America
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
This native deciduous tree will grow to 60' tall and half that in spread. Unusual for its golden yellow summer foliage. Flowers are tulip-like in appearance, pale yellow-green to 2½" wide in late spring, but often produced too high to appreciate. Fall color is yellow. Makes a great specimen or shade tree.
Links:
RHS Horticultural Database
Locations
1:
FLT: CF24
(CF24)
• Accession: D2012-0122.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
JPG: AY21
(AY21)
• Accession: D2004-0392.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
Area
Individual