Lombardy Poplar

16 years ago

I planted some 1-2 ft Lombardy Poplar trees last spring. The least healthy one did not grow much and died last fall, right after it shed all of its leaves. It looked like the very bottom of the stem rot and fell (it did not look like it was snapped off by accident). There was none of any tree element remaining on the ground. Now, there is a tree growing at the same spot. It looks a little like lombardy poplar, yet the shapes of the leaves are different. The major stems of the surviving lombardy poplar are all light grey in color, but the new tree does not have grey color. Each tree act and looks a little differently, I really have a hard time to compare them. Even on the same tree, young and old leaves don't look the same. Hopefully, the lombardy poplar I thought dead is the one now growing??? Thanks

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chueh
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16 years ago
Sorry. forgot the images
pineresin
16 years ago
Looks right to me. The leaves on poplar root sprouts are commonly somewhat different in shape to those on more mature shoots. The shoot colour will also change with time of year.

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treeguy123
16 years ago
Yep, The young immature young sprouts of Lombardy Poplars have oval shaped leaves and new growth is green and red. The green and red growth becomes gray or brown the next years and the older mature leaves will be triangle or diamond shaped when the tree gets larger.
chueh
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16 years ago
Great! so... it's not dead at all. I am so glad. Now the question: why did the stalk collasp and look like dead? Others did not do that at all. They were all strongly standing firmly. Why did this one appear to be dead?
treeguy123
16 years ago
It probably went into transplant shock and the top died back to the ground, but the roots were still alive. After the roots started growing some, they sent up new sprouts.
You can select the fastest growing shoot, then in the winter cut off all the smaller ones if you want it to have one strong single leader (less chance of breakage when older).
Beeone
16 years ago
Sure looks like lombardy poplar shoots. Be aware that they are quite short lived. Never seen one grown as a single stem, always as a columnar tree of many shoots. The shoots then start dying and falling over after about 10 years and they make quite the half dead mess after that, though the quick border fence in the mean time is nice.
treeguy123
16 years ago
Yep, they are short lived especially in the humid southeast due to canker problems when they reach 15 to 25 years old.
In climates with low summer humidity they can live over 100 years. Lombardy Poplars do have brittle twigs, and when the top dies they will keep sending up suckers and new shoots from the stump.

A much longer lived and nicer kind is Theves Poplar, it's almost exactly like Lombardy but is much more suited to high humidity and probably could live 80+ years. Populus is my most favorite genus of trees, I think all poplars are very beautiful with their glossy fluttering leaves and the nice surf sound they make in the wind.
cascadians
16 years ago
There are lots of Lombardy poplars croaking around Portland. They need more water in spring than they are getting.

I like poplars too. Have quite a few black cottonwoods growing, including a few 'volunteers.' Have 2 white poplar that I dug with permission from a neighboring field that I really like, bright white fluttering maple-like leaves. Supposedly these can sucker a form a thicket.

Also have 2 Aspens that are growing tall and flutter and twirl with wonderful sounds.
salicaceae
15 years ago
TreeGuy:

If Populus is your favorite genus, contact me. It is my favorite too and i am doing quite a bit of work with it and have a large collection of species, cultivars and hybrids here in North Florida. I would be glad to share some material with you.

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