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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are correct, it is a poor choice for a small yard. It grows too tall and is a huge branch and twig dropper. Tulip poplars can hit up to 20 feet tall and almost as wide in less than 10 years from seedling. Fast growth means weak wood, hence the branch dropping. Ultimately it can get to around 70-80 feet tall or more and and branching 50 feet wide. And yes, the roots will be large and visible at the surface making mowing and planting other plants around it or within 50 feet of it difficult eventually.

Some people plant them due to the pretty magnolia flower (they are actually in the magnolia family, not poplar), but you can't actually see them until they fall off the tree because the blooms are way at the top.[/quote]

Actually studies of Liriodendron tulipifera after hurricane Hugo showed the trees did very well and are not more prone to limb breakage or topple it at higher rates vs other trees. The tree growing in an elliptical form-ie narrow form with upright branching. The trees will be about a 1/3 wide as it is tall. So 20 foot tree will be 6.5’ wide on average. Average growth rate is 2’ a feet. So in 15 year you are looking at 30’ tall x 10’ wide plus starting size. The roots system is one of the deeper roots with few lateral roots. So no the riots will not be visible at the surface. [/quote]

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