Liriodendron Tulipifera " Tulip Poplar"

Liriodendron Tulipifera " Tulip Poplar" host plant

Butterfly host plant for Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio Glaucus)

Pot size: 3 gallon

Height: 24" to 36"

Fact about Liriodendron Tulipifera host plant:

This beautiful tall, straight, majestic tree with a narrow crown and produce beautiful yellow green flowers is also known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, lynn-tree, hickory-poplar, and yellow-poplar. Tulip tree is an excellent host plant for the tiger swallowtail butterfly. The leaves are alternate, simple, around 7" long, bases and apices truncate, the truncated tips often with a "V" shaped notch, margins with four or six, normally pointed, lobes. Flowers: green with blotches orange, tulip or bell shaped. Distribution: bottomland woods, slopes and bluffs.

* Family: Magnoliaceae

* Zones: 4 to 9

* Height: 60 to 90 feet

* Bloom Time: May to June

* Sun: Full sun 

* Water: Medium