The yellow flowers are tulip-shaped. It’s a large tree — 60 to 80 feet — which is also deciduous. Nurseries may carry cultivars that grow only to 15 feet.

Tulip magnolia flowers generally are much larger and as the name implies, resembles a large tulip. Colors range from deep purple to pale yellow.

On the acreage where we lived for almost 40 years, our tulip tree was one of the most admired of all the trees. It was also the first tree we ...

Once the tulip tree goes through its juvenile stage and reaches adulthood in 15 to 20 years, it produces eye-catching yellow and white flowers. Tulip trees grow tall and straight, branching in a ...