Last week a tree trimmer came and worked on all of the trees on the property. I think he butchered the tulip tree and I’m very unhappy about it. He removed two large branches near the house. They weren’t close enough to do any damage; they just had a few small dead branches. The tree looks bare now. They cleaned up most of what they removed, but one small branch and some flowers remained on the ground. The inside of the flowers look like this: