Liriodendron tulipifera: these are usually so far up these tall trees that they’re hard to see.
But not all of them. 
Blooming now. They smell like some childhood candy I can never place…
Tuliptree Flowers
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Tuliptree flowers smell like honeydew melon to me, as do the yellow-flowered magnolias like Elizabeth, which have M. acuminata in their pedigree. Watermelon Jolly Ranchers?
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The smell remains intangible.
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[…] that Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) we got such close-up views of back in the spring?This is what it looks like now.These “cone-like aggregates of samaras” as Core and […]
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