Tulip Tree vs White Meadowsweet - TreeTime.ca

Tulip Tree vs White Meadowsweet

Liriodendron tulipifera

Spiraea alba

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Tulip Tree
White Meadowsweet

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.

White Meadowsweet is a woody, deciduous shrub that begins to bloom in early summer with small white and pink flowers. Its foliage turns from a light green into an attractive golden-yellow later in the fall.

The White Meadowsweet, also known as Mead-Wort or Bride-Wort, is favored by birds and butterflies but is largely ignored by deer. They produce small brown berries in the summer, and while they are technically edible, they are not sweet and are more desired by wildlife.

Tulip Tree Quick Facts

White Meadowsweet Quick Facts

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Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 24 m (80 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 14 m (45 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: long
Life span: short
Growth form: upright, oval to pyramidal
Spreading: seeds - low
Suckering: none
Suckering: high


Foliage: 4-lobed somewhat spade-shaped
Fall colour: golden yellow
Fall colour: golden yellow
Flowers: greenish yellow, tulip-shaped
Flowers: white, small
Bloom time: spring to early summer
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON
Native to: AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Other Names: canoewood, tulip poplar, tulip-poplar, tuliptree, yellow poplar
Other Names: mead wort, meadowsweet, narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort, pipestem