Liriodendron tulipifera 'Little Volunteer'Indiana Native
Little Volunteer Tulip-tree

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Multi-Colored (Yellow-orange-green)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Maturing to a bright yellow in fall)
 Stem Notes:
May be free of branches up to 80 feet off the ground. Twigs smell sweet/spicy when broken. Distinct stipule scars next to oval buds.
 Fruit Notes:
Green (Maturing to brown in the fall)
 Ultimate Height:
35 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
20 feet
 Bloom Times:
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Water Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Medium-Well drained loam
 Range:
Culivated Origin
 Maintenance:

Additional Information

'Little Volunteer' is a dwarf cultivar with smaller 4-lobed and flat-topped green leaves. It makes a wonderful street tree with its smaller size in habit, leaf, and flower. While keeping the classic yellow fall color and yellow-orange-green flower as other varieties.

Other plants like this Liriodendron tulipifera 'Little Volunteer' (Little Volunteer Tulip-tree)

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