Lovely tree
D0rdogne_Damsel
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Friend advised this might be a Liriodendron, but wasn't sure. If it is do I need to know anything of note about how to care for it. It looks healthy but is in quite a shady spot. Thank you.
Thinking about having an Open Day where people come and stick labels and instructions on every plant, so many I haven't a clue about! 
"To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul." — Alfred Austin
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I expect they will be in the wrong order, photos always seem to be in a different order to how I put them nowadays.
And these are the flowers.
I saw a tree in your garden I thought could be a liriodrendron (tulip tree) because of the flowers, but I think they were nearly over. These are what the leaves look like.
Just as I thought, all back to front!
Typical! Your flowers seem a bit rounder and shorter than mine, perhaps just a different one. Hope it is one, the flowers are gorgeous.
How did the BBQ go? Did the weather keep for you, expect you are ready for an early night now!
Those leaves look like one of the oaks
In the sticks near Peterborough
The weather was lovely, it went well. Those are Google pics though, I don't have one. Seen them in other people's gardens. Looking at your leaves I'm not sure that they aren't something else. Was that the tree I saw in your garden?
Could be Quercus rubra, Red Oak, which is a lovely bushy tree that sometimes colours well in autumn. Definitely not Liriodendron, I'm afraid.
Quercus for sure. rubra sound OK to me
In the sticks near Peterborough
Quercus rubra sounds good to me too. But are you saying, DD, that you have something else growing nearby with flowers like a tulip tree? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick? Anyway, the tree you've photographed is definitely an oak. Lizzie's Google pic of the leaves is very clear.
Def an Oak. Red Oak more than likely. If it looks rusty brown in a month.....then it'll be Quercus rubra