Chinese tulip tree
Liriodendron chinense
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size50 to 70 feet tall30 to 40 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Columnar
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Olive green with yellow at base
- Foliage color
- Green
- Fall color
- Yes
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Chinese tulip tree (Liriodendron chinense) is a tree for specimen planting, pollinator gardens, and low maintenance landscapes. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows fast into a tall, columnar shape that turns color in fall. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by. Butterflies and bees visit the olive green flowers, which have yellow at the base.
Pairs well with Serviceberry, Autumn fern, and Goldenseal.
Native range
Central China and Indochina.