A magnificent deciduous tree for a large garden33 the glossy leaves with their curious and distinctive shape release a powerful eucalyptus scent when crushed as autumn approaches the foliage turns from green to buttery yellow before falling to reveal the fascinating corky bark that covers the stem and branches of mature specimens with age the tulip tree will begin to bear tulip45like blooms in shades of pale green and orange which give this rhs agm species its common name liriodend