On 03/07/2014 23:16, Sacha wrote:
We did an evening tour of the garden and walking up the nursery path,
Raymond glanced at the Liriodendron tulipifera he planted about 20
years ago, maybe more and let out a yell. For the first time ever, it's
flowered! We counted about a dozen blooms on it. It's only waited until
it's around 35' tall! Do they usually take so long to flower?

I think so. It is a member of the Magnolia family, after all. 20 years
isn't too bad - it could have taken after M. campbellii!

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Jeff