Flower on the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) in Cardiff’s Victoria Park
The weather is still changeable here in Cardiff and it grows cool when the sun slips behind a cloud, but apart from that summer is in full swing.
It was again sunny but breezy when I visited Victoria Park to check up on the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) on Friday.
I was in a hurry as I had to combine the trip with the weekly bread, meat and fruit and veg shop in Cowbridge Road East, so for a change I entered the park from that end – the opposite direction to my usual visits.
Here are the latest pictures…
The southern entrance to Victoria Park
First sight of the tulip tree and bandstand
The view from a more south-easterly direction emphasises the tree’s height
Leaves and the tulip-like flowers
One bough hangs low so I could get an eye-level view of the flowers
This flower looks like it is about to drop
Some of last year’s seed-heads remain on a dead branch
Shade around the tree trunk
Very textured bark
Looking up
Dappled sunlight…
That’s it for now – let’s do it all again in July – and meanwhile my other tulip tree posts can be found here.
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Good post and pictures. Interesting to see the contrast in how the tree looks from different directions. xx
I see now this is an aptly named tree 🙂 Beautiful flowers. And I’m still taken by the “winding” branches (or so they appear from below).