Hi,

I am new to gardening, having lived in a townhome most of my life. I
recently bought a house with an acre of land, and have been making
plans for landscaping it.

My wife and I were in Kentucky recently, and saw what we were told was
a tulip tree. I looked up tulip trees in my book on plants, and what
we saw was not what is described as a tulip tree in my book. That was
a very tall tree that has yellow flowers.

The plant we saw was more like a large shrub, and had flowers that
from the distance I was from them really looked like tulips. Can
anyone tell me what this is? The one I saw had deep purple flowers.

I live in Kansas City, and wondered if it would grow here. My wife
really liked them.

Mac