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Mature Height
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40 - 50 feet |
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Mature Spread
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20 - 30 feet |
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Soil Type
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Widely Adaptable |
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Moisture
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Widely Adaptable |
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Mature Form
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Round Crown |
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Growth Rate
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Rapid |
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Sun Exposure
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Full Sun |
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Flower Color
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Not Showy |
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Fall Color
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Yellow |
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Foliage Color
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Dark Green |
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Zones
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2-6 |
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Buy the Quaking Aspen
Price: 44.95
The Quaking Aspen tree, Poplus tremuloides, is the most widely distributed tree in North America. It is known by many common names: trembling aspen, golden aspen, mountain aspen.
This deciduous tree grows on many soil types, especially sandy and gravelly slopes, and it is quick to pioneer disturbed sites where there is disturbed soil.
Quaking Aspen trees are fast growing and very hardy. Poplus tremuloides provides benefits for many kinds of wildlife. It will grow both as a single or multi-stemmed tree. The Aspen is esthetically appealing with light bark, trembling leaves, and yellow fall color.
Quaking Aspen Planting
suggestions - plant in groups of 3 or 5 trees if you
have the room. Do you have a no-mans zone in your yard?
An area you just don't know what to do with? Plant a
Quaking aspen forest in this area and they will Grow
quickly, thrive and even spread to fill in the area on
their own with little to no care after they become well
established. The Quaking
Aspen tree spreads by suckers and may try to expand into
other areas adjacent to the planting zone. We have a
group of 3 Quaking Aspen trees about 5 to 6 inch
diameter in a front corner of the yard. I have
aspen tree suckers popping up in the lawn adjacent to
these trees. I just mow them down along with the grass
and do not worry about it.
Quaking Aspen problems &
diseases: Life spans can be shortened by one or more
of several insects or diseases that attack the Quaking
Aspen tree. Fungal
diseases, such as Cytospora or other cankers which
attack the trunk, are common, as are diseases of the
foliage such as rusts, or leaf spots.
Of the many insects that attack
urban plantings of aspen, oystershell scale, aphids and
aspen twiggall fly are most prevalent.
Still, the Quaking Aspen tree is
very much worth planting. A great way to tell if the
Quaking Aspen tree does well in your area is to drive
around and see if anyone else has them in your city. If
you can find homes with nice single trees or groups of
Quaking Aspen trees then you should be able to plant
them without worrying about problems.
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