| Scientific Name: | Liriodendron tulipifera 'Aureomarginatum' |
| Common Name: | variegated tulip tree |
| Family Name: | Magnoliaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, Garden origin, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Screening, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Street (boulevard tree), Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Oblong |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Green-yellow, Jun |
| Fruit: | Samara, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves variegated green with golden margin, alternate, squarish with a pair of lobes on each margin; most blades 8-12cm long x 8-15cm wide; petioles 5-10cm long; stipules paired, light green, elliptic to oblanceolate, 2-3mm long; flowers with pale-green petals, terminal, cup-shaped, solitary, numerous stamens and pistils, late May-mid-June; fruit a cone-like aggregate of spirally arranged yellow-brown samaras, 3-5cm long x 5-9mm wide. Winter ID: buds valvate, clam-shaped, terminal buds like a duck bill; leaf scars nearly round with bundle scars scattered. | |