RV Adventures – North Georgia Dendrology
Posted on Sunday, May 17th, 2009
I am pleased to introduce our friends Anne-Marie and Al who have been traveling the USA via RV. These free-birds are willing to share the adventure here with us at Remarkable Wrinklies. So, why here? Because anyone who is willing to retire to an RV with their spouse and two cats… well those are some dang Remarkable Wrinklies! Please take some time to enjoy their story.
Always in discovery and on high alert, I noticed that trees covered with yellow tulips were beginning to show up everywhere.
As luck would have it, I had my very own Forester in tow! I could not stop exclaiming over the tulips in the tree while close examination of the branches, leaves, bark, etc. was underway.
After careful consideration, it was indeed pronounced a TULIP TREE…liriodendron tulipifera.
Apparently, it is in the Magnolia family and not the Poplar as its name suggests, and it does not grow in the far north or the Deep South. Hence, my lack of exposure to this stunning spectacle.
How my very own Forester could keep this tree a secret from me is just inexplicable!!
The tree is extremely large (quite unremarkable except for the flowers) and getting a close up of the tulips was tricky…but persistence paid off. 
A tree growing at the bottom of a very steep embankment some 40ft. down gave us free access to the high limbs and the blossoms! You gotta love a happy Forester!
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