The tutor shares a discovery he made on a walk to the grocery store.

With my 10-year-old, out for some groceries my wife needed for tonight’s supper, I passed a rather large tree in a front yard. At a glance, the leaves were different: they were truncated. You can see what I mean: just scroll down on this page.

Before today, I’ve never recognized a tulip tree. To my knowledge they don’t grow naturally out here; they’re from the eastern US. However, this place easily hosts lots of guest species, due to its gentle climate.

I’ll have to remember to check the tree out next spring; its flowers are meant to be notable.

I love these neighborhood discoveries:)

Source:

Brockman, Frank, Rebecca Merrilees and Herbert Zim. Trees of North America.
  New York: Golden Press, 1968.

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.