I recently had the pleasure of heading down to Brandywine Park (Entrance by Brandywine Zoo, or from Conaty Park on Gilpin Ave.) off of North Dupont Street in Wilmington DE. This park is to not be confused with Brandywine Creek SP, as this park is completely different and further south on the river.
I traveled here a few times when I was younger, and I was always surprised with the huge Northern Red Oaks and tall Tulips on the slopes of the hills heading down to the Brandywine.
Anyway, I went here the other day, taking the paved walkway from Gilpin street down, passing through second-growth and young forest. However, when you go under the Park Drive bridge, I started to see many amazing tulips and red oaks, some seeming to tower over 150, maybe 160 feet!
One Tulip I was always fond of, growing near a pavillion on a steep slope is the largest tulip I have seen in my life!!
Here is an image of the largest I've seen, easily over 20 feet in CBH!:
- The HUGE Tulip tree near the walk-way. As you can see, it is indeed huge!!
- Another image. The tree has some taper, but it is almost straight for about 70 feet before a branch!
- Looking up the Tulip!
- I would guess the height to be around 140 feet, though its a bit hard to tell.
Just amazing to stand next to 
What would anyone think as to the age though???
