A magnolia is touchy up here in Zone 5
the tulip tree.......known as a yellow poplar I would say a no go for it in zone 4.
I had to put at least 1 foot deep of mulched leaves around the base
I was told that from the Ministry of Natural Resources..
what they want to do since the tree does much better in zone 6 and 7 and up
is to try and see if the seeds a viable on my lily tree......
a lady told me that they will need a cold freeze so plant them in a pot and leave it outside
many of the tulip trees here are hybrids.......
my tree is 80 plus years old and did not get flowers until it was about 45 years the neighbours said and then it got 750 of them on the tree at one time.......the tree is about 90 feet tall right now.
I have noticed in my gardens now that I can see a garden........
that I have no crocus up yet and that is very very odd.......they normally bloom in the snow here....
I have no snow drops and they are just as early
no daffs
but on the odd side lots of tulips are coming up
I actually might need to protect them if they start to flower too soon here.........do not see any flower heads on them yet
my mom has never heard of this in 80 years happening with tulips
our lily season is going to be late late late
