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D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
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Friend advised this might be a Liriodendron, but wasn't sure. If it is do I need to know anything of note about how to care for it. It looks healthy but is in quite a shady spot. Thank you. 

Thinking about having an Open Day where people come and stick labels and instructions on every plant, so many I haven't a clue about! image

 

 

 

  • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,013

    http://newfs.s3.amazonaws.com/taxon-images-1000s1000/Magnoliaceae/liriodendron-tulipifera-fl-ahaines-a.jpg

     I expect they will be in the wrong order, photos always seem to be in a different order to how I put them nowadays.

    http://www.extension.iastate.edu/forestry/iowa_trees/tree_id_photos/POPLAR_YELLOW_leaves.jpg

     And these are the flowers.

     

     

    I saw a tree in your garden I thought could be a liriodrendron (tulip tree) because of the flowers, but I think they were nearly over. These are what the leaves look like.

     

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,013

    Just as I thought, all back to front!

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184

    Typical! Your flowers seem a bit rounder and shorter than mine, perhaps just a different one. Hope it is one, the flowers are gorgeous. 

    How did the BBQ go? Did the weather keep for you, expect you are ready for an early night now!

     

    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Those leaves look like one of the oaksimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,013

    The weather was lovely, it went well. Those are Google pics though, I don't have one. Seen them in other people's gardens. Looking at your leaves I'm not sure that they aren't something else. Was that the tree I saw in your garden?

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    The leaves are very distinctive, nothing like Dordogne Damsel's.
  • landgirl100landgirl100 Posts: 655

    Could be Quercus rubra, Red Oak, which is a lovely bushy tree that sometimes colours well in autumn. Definitely not Liriodendron, I'm afraid.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Quercus for sure. rubra sound OK to me



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328

    Quercus rubra sounds good to me too.  But are you saying, DD, that you have something else growing nearby with flowers like a tulip tree?  Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?  Anyway, the tree you've photographed is definitely an oak.  Lizzie's Google pic of the leaves is very clear.  image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Goblin GardenerGoblin Gardener Posts: 5

    Def an Oak. Red Oak more than likely. If it looks rusty brown in a month.....then it'll be Quercus rubra

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