Description
Aspen (populus tremula)
A British native tree also known as quaking aspen, it is a beautiful tree with shimmering foliage. Mature trees grow to 25m. Older trees may be covered with lichen, which gives the trunk a black appearance, and the bark is grey and often pitted with diamond-shaped pores, called lenticels.
The young leaves are coppery coloured before becoming green, then turn a vibrant yellow or occasionally red before falling in autumn.
Aspen is also noted for supporting a wide range of different butterfly and moth larvae.
Aspen can be planted as stand alone trees or hedging.
- Low maintenance
- Fast growing
- Max height 25m
- Happy in full sun and any aspect whether exposed or sheltered
- Hardy to zone 7
- Deciduous
Delivery
Trees are cell grown and around 1.5ft tall supplied. Trees supplied without plant pot for safe shipping and to reduce waste.
