Medio-pictum Tuliptree                lir-ee-o-DEN-dron tew-lip-IF-er-a

• Broadleaf deciduous tree.  Leaves have a yellow blotch in the center.  
• Sometimes ‘Aureo-marginatum’ is listed as the same as ‘Medio-pictum’. Monrovia Nursery offers ‘Aureo-marginatum’ as Majestic Beauty®
• In European commerce since about 1875.  Not common in the U.S.  ‘Aureo-marginatum’ given Royal Horticulture Socity (RHS) Award of Merit (1974) and in 1993 the Award of Garden Merit after trials at RHS Gardens, Wisley.