[Leica] IMG: Tulip Poplar Blooms

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Ric.  We planted ours after I retired, so they are probably 
about 20 yrs old.  Wanted to replace some oaks that we had to take 
down.  I recall that the dirt balls were so heavy it took my son and me 
to maneuver them into the holes in the ground.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/20/2015 10:44 AM, RicCarter wrote:
> nice pics
>
> our poplars are way too tall to reach the blossoms
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> we planted them back in about ’86 after plucking them from the gutter of my wife’s childhood home
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> They’re 60+ tall now
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> ric
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>
>
>> On May 20, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>
>> Both Ric Carter and Tina have mentioned the blooms of the Tulip Poplar tree recently, so, having two such trees, I went out to see what I could find.  The smaller tree had none, but the larger tree has more than in previous years, so I assume that they bloom more as they get older.  Compared to Magnolia blooms, they are much smaller and harder to see, but the pastels are quite pretty.
>>
>> Two blooms among the leaves:
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+47.jpg.html
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>> Tulip Poplar closeup:
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+52.jpg.html
>>
>> Olympus E-1 with ZD 35mm Macro, ISO 400
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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