Wholesale
Nursery Stock Price List
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Liriodendron
Tulipifera
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Tuliptree
or Yellow Poplar |
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Our current inventory of Liriodendron
Tulipifera (Tuliptree or Yellow Poplar) is presented below by five (5)
available sizes along with their individual wholesale price (cost varies
per size and quantity).
Liriodendron
Tulipifera (Tuliptree or Yellow Poplar)
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known as: |
American
Tulip Tree
American Tuliptree
Tulip Poplar
Tulip Tree |
Tulip
Tree Magnolia
Tuliptree Magnolia
White Poplar
Whitewood |
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| 2.0"
(inches) |
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$
120.00 |
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2.5" (inches)
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$ 150.00
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3.0" (inches)
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$ 200.00
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3.5" (inches)
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$ 230.00
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4.0" (inches)
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$ 260.00
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The
Gerdes Fact Sheet
Scientific
Classification
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Kingdom...:
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Plantae |
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Division...:
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Magnoliophyta |
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Class...:
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Magnoliopsida |
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Order...:
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Magnoliales |
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Family...:
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Magnoliaceae |
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Genus...:
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Liriodendron |
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Species...:
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Liriodendron Tulipifera |
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The Liriodendron Tulipifera is commonly
known as the Tuliptree or Yellow Poplar as was as American Tulip Tree,
Tulip Poplar, Tuliptree Magnolia, White Poplar and Whitewood.
The Tuliptree is native to eastern North
America from southern Ontario and Illinois eastward across southern New
England and south to central Florida and Louisiana.
It is fast growing and may reach 300 years
of age on deep, rich, well-drained soils of forest coves and lower mountain
slopes. The wood has high commercial value because of its versatility and
as a substitute for increasingly scarce softwoods in furniture and framing
construction. The uliptree is also valued as a honey tree, a source of
wildlife food, and a shade tree for large areas.
It can grow to more than 165 feet in virgin
cove forests of the Appalachian Mountains, often with no limbs until it
reaches 80 to 100 feet in height, making it a very valuable timber tree.
It is fast-growing, without the common problems of weak wood strength and
short lifespan often seen in fast-growing species.
April marks the start of the flowering
period in the southern USA, while trees at the northern limit of cultivation
begin to flower in June. The flowers are pale green or yellow (rarely white),
with an orange band on the tepals; they yield large quantities of nectar.
The Tuliptree has a singly occurring, perfect
flower 1.5 to 2 inches, with six petals varying in color from a light yellowish
green at the margin to a deep orange band at the center. Tuliptrees usually
produce their first flowers at 15 to 20 years of age and may continue production
for 200 years.
Flowering occurs from April to June depending
on location and weather conditions. The flowering period for each tree
varies from 2 to 6 weeks depending on the size and age of the tree and
number of flowers per tree. Pollination must occur soon after the flowers
open while the stigmas are light colored and succulent; brown stigmas are
no longer receptive to pollen. Normally the receptive period is only 12
to 24 daylight hours. Insects are important pollinators; flies, beetles,
honey bees, and bumble bees (in decreasing order of abundance) were observed
on opened flowers.
This tree species is a major honey plant
in the eastern United States, yielding a dark reddish, fairly strong honey
which gets mixed reviews as a table honey but is favorably regarded by
bakers. Nectar is produced in the orange parts of the flowers. Some specimens
may be poor nectar producers simply because they have relatively little
orange in their flowers. On the other hand, the east central Florida ecotype
may secrete copious amounts of nectar (see the images of its flowers below).
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