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Salicaceae
European aspen
Populus tremula
Also known as Populus rotundifolia var. bonatii, Populus tremula f. flagelliformis, Populus stricta, Populus tremula var. pendula
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Deciduous · Tree · Trembling · Leaves · Hardy · Landscape · Poplar · Native · Windbreak
European aspen is a hardy deciduous tree that thrives with minimal care once established. Plant in well-draining soil with full to partial sun exposure. The distinctive trembling leaves make it an attractive specimen tree for larger landscapes.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Deep watering when soil is dry, drought tolerant once established · Every 10-14 days in dry conditions
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 40 ft
- Spacing
- 240 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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