SITE

White Poplar

Botanical Name

Populus alba

Hardiness

Zones 3 to 8(9)

Height

40 to 70 feet

Width

40 to 70 feet

Flowers

Dioecious, catkins

Fruit

Elongated capsule

Light

Full sun

Soil

Moist, adaptable

Planting & Care

• Pollution, salt, and drought tolerant

Problems

Suckering, crown gall, cankers, weak wooded

Varieties

• Globosa - rounded multi-stemmed shrub, young leaves emerge pinkish with a grey pubescence