poplar tree
Valerie Stevenson
wonder if any one can tell me about variagated poplar trees. My friend
bought me one as a present from Ireland, but I only have a small garden
which also has a pond and I'm thinking that it would be far to big?
Would it be possible to keep it in a large pot? All my friend could tell
me was that it was variagated and the leaves went red/purple in autumn.
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Val
Alan J Holmes
Well, ordinary poplars grow between 30 and 40 feet high, but they
have little spread, so if you don't mind something that tall in
the garden, which is only going to spread about 5 feet, plant
it.
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Alan Gould
>hello nice people, I've lurked and learned a lot from this group. So I
>wonder if any one can tell me about variagated poplar trees. My friend
>bought me one as a present from Ireland, but I only have a small garden
>which also has a pond and I'm thinking that it would be far to big?
>Would it be possible to keep it in a large pot? All my friend could tell
>me was that it was variagated and the leaves went red/purple in autumn.
Hi Val, come on in the water's warm!
There's a wide variety of Poplars but we've not heard of one which
could grow in a pot. Most of them are in the 50-100 foot high range.
Poplars are quite tolerant to pollarding, so you could trim yours to the
height you want each year, but they have as much root under the ground
as growth above it, so don't put it too near the pond.
Some poplars are in the 'Cottonwood' range and give off a kapok like
substance from their seedpods at this time of the year. We have about
fifteen like that and it's as though it has snowed when they shed it.
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Judith Lea
<Alan....@brunel.ac.uk> writes
>Well, ordinary poplars grow between 30 and 40 feet high, but they
>have little spread, so if you don't mind something that tall in
>the garden, which is only going to spread about 5 feet, plant
>it.
The spread may be comparatively small, but the root system isn't; be
very careful if you only have a small garden.
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Judith Lea
lesley
<v...@stevivasco.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>hello nice people, I've lurked and learned a lot from this group. So I
>wonder if any one can tell me about variagated poplar trees. My friend
>bought me one as a present from Ireland, but I only have a small garden
>which also has a pond and I'm thinking that it would be far to big?
>Would it be possible to keep it in a large pot? All my friend could tell
>me was that it was variagated and the leaves went red/purple in autumn.
>--
>Val
The roots on these trees can cause considerable damage after a few
years. My next door neighbour had two variagated poplars that he has
had to cut down because of the roots. Even though the trees are gone
the roots are *still* doing damage across* my* lawn. They grow very
close to the surface and actually shoot leaves from the roots.
Don't plant them unless you want to be having to dig them up in a few
years time!
Regards. Les.
lesley anne
l...@remy.u-net.com
A very fine cognac
Mine's a large one
David Bridges
Valerie Stevenson wrote in message ...
>hello nice people, I've lurked and learned a lot from this group. So I
>wonder if any one can tell me about variagated poplar trees. My friend
>bought me one as a present from Ireland, but I only have a small garden
>which also has a pond and I'm thinking that it would be far to big?
>Would it be possible to keep it in a large pot? All my friend could tell
>me was that it was variagated and the leaves went red/purple in autumn.
I wonder what your tree is. There is one fairly common variegated poplar, P.
candicans 'Aurora'. Its leaves are green and white (and pink when young). It
grows to about 30ft. AFAIK, however, I don't think the leaves go red/purple
in the autumn. I don't think any poplar is a suitable tree to grow in a pot.
David Bridges
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>Val
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Alan Gould <al...@agolincs.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <qevkoGAm...@stevivasco.demon.co.uk>, Valerie Stevenson
> <v...@stevivasco.demon.co.uk> writes
> >wonder if any one can tell me about variagated poplar trees. My friend
> >bought me one as a present from Ireland, but I only have a small garden
> >which also has a pond and I'm thinking that it would be far to big?
> >Would it be possible to keep it in a large pot? All my friend could tell
> >me was that it was variagated and the leaves went red/purple in autumn.
> Poplars are quite tolerant to pollarding, so you could trim yours to the
> height you want each year, but they have as much root under the ground
> as growth above it, so don't put it too near the pond.
Or too near any foundations you're fond of. Along with willows (oops,
hope the person with the freebie willow is reading this) they are notorious
"wreckers"
BugBear.
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Valerie Stevenson
<v...@stevivasco.demon.co.uk> writes
tree. Its now going to live happily in a friends very large garden!
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Val