Tulip Tree vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Tulip Tree vs Flowering Raspberry

Liriodendron tulipifera

Rubus odoratus

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Tulip Tree
Flowering Raspberry

Tulip Tree is the perfect shade tree for wide open spaces. It has a shallow and extensive root system, so ensure you give it space to grow. The attractive and showy, yellow-orange, tulip shaped flowers are where this tree gets its name.

Tulip Tree is somewhat rare in Canada but highly sought after as it is difficult to grow. Does best in a moist, well-drained soil.

The Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Tulip Tree Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 24 m (80 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 14 m (45 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Growth form: upright, oval to pyramidal
Spreading: seeds - low
Suckering: none
Suckering: high


Foliage: 4-lobed somewhat spade-shaped
Fall colour: golden yellow
Bark: thornless orange
Flowers: greenish yellow, tulip-shaped
Flowers: purple
Bloom time: spring to early summer
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON
Native to: ON, QC, NS
Other Names: canoewood, tulip poplar, tulip-poplar, tuliptree, yellow poplar
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry