Tulip tree is 5 years old- and has never bloomed.?

My son brought it home from school- it was plant day or something(I forget what they called it). We planted it, and it has grown from a little twig to over 10 feet tall- just has never bloomed... Any ideas why not?

Tulip tree is 5 years old- and has never bloomed.?
well,since it was planted by seed,many flowering trees take 5 years or more to establish themselves well enough to bloom. where we live we have orchid trees and the same goes with them. i was given one as a gift and it came from the nursery in a 5 gallon bucket and it took 5-6 years to begin blooming. you may be able to speed it up by feeding it an acidic fertilizer such as "miracid",it's sold at any walmart made by the miracle grow company. it's good stuff if you live where the soil is alkaline like mine! good luck, the blooms will be well worth waiting for!
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Reply:Tulips are not a tree, but a flower, in fact the first flower to bloom in the spring.
Reply:get your soil tested, it may maybe lacking in either form of nitrogen or phosphorus, ammonium citrate, potassium, or try algoflash fertilizer, i use to water and feed my roses and vegi patch and their growing nuts, plenty of fruit n veg and my roses are more red than green when in bloom