Leaf - Liriodendron Tulipifera (Tulip Tree)

wow thats a big leaf dawn, never seen one so big , lovely colour to

You know what they say about puppies with big feet ..... well, I think this is the case here.

lol dawn :o))

You could take off with that if there was a good wind its massive.

Thats huge Dawn......

Spritz would love this she is collecting them for black gold.

I wouldnt need many to fill a black bag would I. They are really thick, like a dried up shammy leather, lol. The tree still is covered, I'll collect them when they fall.

Certain leaves on trees take a lot longer to rot down that others.

Dont say I'll have to wait ages for my leaf mould then.

If it was me the ones on your grass the small ones I would bag seperately, I only know about the leaves as I use to have an allotment and the council use to deliver them to the allotment off the streets, the trees in my road where I lived at the time they never delivered them because of the length of time to rot down.

Thanks 4 the advice Morgana ;-0

Your welcome we all live and learn things :o)

run over them with mower which helps with breaking down process dawn, i read that somewhere,takes less time to rot then :o)

Lovely tree Dawn has it ever flowered ? Read it takes many years to reach flowering maturity but what a stunner when it does .

That is big .. wow .......

Sandra: Thanks for the advice.
BB: No, its not flowered yet - been in about 7 years. We thought we'd lost it a couple of years ago as the winds broke the main trunk but its OK - I'll take a picture in the week. I've seen a mature one, but not in flower, once seen, never forgotten, hey.

Ha..ha, a fabulous leaf, now how can you use that?

Any suggestions Janey :-)
Maybe they do need shredding before they'll rot down.

We use to have large tulip popular trees on our farm in Georgia. The bee's love the flowers and they make great honey. I had a couple of hives and their honey was in great demand.

How lovely that must have been Valerie, having your own bee hives and honey :0