Populus tremuloides
Quaking Aspen
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. Quaking Aspen has smooth pale bark, with black scars, and glossy green leaves, dull on the underside, that turn gold, yellow and very occasionally red in Autumn.
Contributed by @SikoMa
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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
Quaking Aspen
Latin name
Populus tremuloides
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
10.00 M
25.00 M
Populus tremuloides
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. Quaking Aspen has smooth pale bark, with black scars, and glossy green leaves, dull on the underside, that turn gold, yellow and very occasionally red in Autumn.
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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