Can anyone tell me what tree this is?
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Traceycater
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We have just moved to south Arkansas and are enjoying the beauty of Spring. We see this tree next door and can't get close enough to really get a great picture, but in Florida we had a similar one that is a Tulip Tree. Does anyone know what this one is? It is dropping what looks like a pod, can we plant it and grow one? Talk about the difference in Arkansas from Florida! Missing some of my tropical plants, but loving the bulbs, dogwoods, and many many more!
Best picture we could get with the limbs up so high.
tried to get as close up to the limbs as possible.
32 answers
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It looks like a tulip tree
Shelia Harry-Netherton
on Mar 31, 2015
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Looks like a "Saucer" Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana) a spring flowering dwarf tree whose open flowers look like saucers, appearing before leaves.
Nancy
on Apr 01, 2015
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In our region we call them tulip magnolias. They're beautiful. The pink pearl-like blossoms are exquisite.
Swan Road Designs
on Apr 01, 2015
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Tulip magnolia will flower beautifully then drop all the blooms before the leaves come on. If you get really brave one day you can thin those branches a bit. opening it up a little will encourage blooms deeper into the tree next year.
Sheryl Johnson
on Apr 01, 2015
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Magnolia. I have one in my front yard. They are so beautiful. Mine blooms from spring through till winter freeze. I love it
Charolett Wills
on Apr 01, 2015
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look's like the one I have tulip magnolia ..if it is, there very pretty tree , enjoy
Ann
on Apr 01, 2015
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They are tulip magnolias in SC also.
Jean Stowe Hansen
on Apr 01, 2015
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It is a magnolia. Here we worry about a late frost getting them
Jennifer Blazer Clark
on Apr 01, 2015
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Magnolia tree for sure! I grew up with one under my bedroom window and in the Spring when they bloom, they smell so beautiful. They do drop pedals all over the ground later but disappear quickly.
Jennifer Allwelt Hansen
on Apr 01, 2015
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I've also had one of the trees, but was told it was called Japanese magnolia. Absolutely beautiful but died unexpectly with no reason that I could see.
Johnny Hooker
on Apr 01, 2015
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It looks like what we call a Japanese Magnolia aka Magnolia liliiflora.
Josephine Olson
on Apr 01, 2015
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down here in East Texas we call them Tulip trees
Shelia Harry-Netherton
on Apr 01, 2015
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In No. Alabama we call them Tulip trees
Debbie
on Apr 01, 2015
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Tulip Magnolia
Inf1484119
on Apr 01, 2015
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Tulip tree or tulip magnolia. I have one in my backyard
Jeri
on Apr 01, 2015
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We call them Japanese magnolia
Charlotte F
on Apr 01, 2015
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yes, it is a saucer magnolia, i have one in my yard!
Judy Greene Erwin
on Apr 01, 2015
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Well well, I got almost the same answer from all of you! Thank-you. We had a tulip tree in Florida, but it was nothing like this one, more foliage. I never got a scent from the one in Florida and haven't yet from this one. However it is not in my yard, but across the street. I am enjoying the beauty of it, but want one for myself! Can I use the spent pods that are falling to grow another???
Traceycater
on Apr 01, 2015
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This is a magnolia tree that blooms with tulip shaped flowers
Debra Smith
on Apr 01, 2015
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Tulip tree
Kandace Moore
on Apr 01, 2015
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Yep..magnolia :)
Deb James
on Apr 01, 2015
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Another yep here. Definitely Magnolia. They are notoriously difficult to cultivate and very slow growing. I'd love to have one but as I'm not yet in my 'forever home' I keep putting it off.
Libby Wick
on Apr 02, 2015
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.... it is a magnolia tree which can come in a number of variations. My last sighting of one in bloom was in Lijiang, China while there this last December.
FROM THE BOG
on Apr 02, 2015
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It is a type of magnolia tree you can find them right now at your local Home Depot
Wendy Rice
on Apr 02, 2015
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In south Louisiana we also call those Japanese magnolias. They are quite slow growing and I think would be tedious to propagate from the seeds. You can see the similarity to standard southern magnolias in the form of the flower, the seed pod, and the leaves.
Shirley Midgett
on Apr 02, 2015
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We call them magnolia trees also, and they smell wonderful!
Janet chambers
on Apr 02, 2015
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Japanese Magnolia is what our neighbor in Mississippi called them. Beautiful.
Elisabet
on Apr 02, 2015
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the Japanese magnolia needs to be protected from icy cold though
Elisabet
on Apr 02, 2015
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In Alabama it's called a Japanese Magnolia. :)
Marti
on Apr 02, 2015
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This is a Tulip Tree, we have them in Alabama also I wished the blooms would last longer
Cindy
on Apr 02, 2015
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C'est un Magnolia ! :) Je les aime beaucoup
Alexandra Pinera
on Apr 04, 2015
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It's called a Saucer Magnolia.
Katherine Martin
on Apr 26, 2015
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