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Tulip Tree -- May ATCs


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These Tulip Trees are so beautiful when they are in bloom, which is usually in May. I took these photos at the Botanical Garden in May 2012. The trees line the walkway, which is called an allee, up to the entrance of the LuEsther C. Mertz library. Here is some background information on the trees:

 

The Tulip Tree is native to eastern North America from Southern Ontario and Illinois eastward to southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and south to central Florida and Louisiana. It can grow to more than 50 m (160 ft) in virgin cove forests of the Appalachian Mountains, often with no limbs until it reaches 25–30 m (80–100 ft) in height, making it a very valuable timber tree. April marks the start of the flowering period in the southern USA; 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 tulip tree is the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

 

Supplies Used:

EBA ATC Watercolor -- Paper

JOD Evergreen Collection -- Butterfly

GWH Beauty In Bloom -- Alphas

BHA Blossom & Blooms Spring -- Tulips

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