Populus deltoides
Eastern Cottonwood
Populus - poplars - are deciduous fast-growing trees that bear male and female catkins before the oval or heart-shaped leaves appear. Female catkins are fluffy seed-bearers that are wind-blown. Some poplars can grow up to 30 m. in height. The trees are useful for screening, but can also be a nuisance because of the vigorous root-system. Eastern Cottonwood is of the largest North American hardwood trees. It has silvery-white smooth, or slightly fissured bark that matures to dark grey and deeply fissured, and with stout grey twigs with triangular leaf-scars.
Contributed by @Patiorose
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Eastern Cottonwood
Latin name
Populus deltoides
type
Deciduous tree
family
Salicaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
20.00 M
40.00 M
Populus deltoides
Populus - poplars - are deciduous fast-growing trees that bear male and female catkins before the oval or heart-shaped leaves appear. Female catkins are fluffy seed-bearers that are wind-blown. Some poplars can grow up to 30 m. in height. The trees are useful for screening, but can also be a nuisance because of the vigorous root-system. Eastern Cottonwood is of the largest North American hardwood trees. It has silvery-white smooth, or slightly fissured bark that matures to dark grey and deeply fissured, and with stout grey twigs with triangular leaf-scars.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant in moist but free-draining humus-rich soil away from buildings (this tree has a vigorous root-system, and they send out suckers)
Propagating by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Poplars can be propagated by hardwood cuttings. Cut well-ripened young shoots 30-60cm long (1-2ft). Dip the cut end in hormone rooting powder before inserting it 15-20cm (6"-8") deep into soil in a cold frame. The following Autumn plant the young plants out.
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Patiorose