Poplar - Aspen (Populus tremula) bare root tree saplings

A copse of Aspen (Populus tremula) trees with yellow Autumn foliage

Poplar - Aspen (Populus tremula)

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Minimum Order Value £300+VAT

Aspen trees (Populus tremula) are

- Suitable as a woodland tree, parkland tree or windbreak

- Native

- Deciduous

- Safe to plant near livestock (non-toxic)

- Frost hardy

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The specifications shown below are our normal range but we often have additional specifications. if there is something specific that you are looking for, it's often worth contacting us to see if we have some.

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Our range of Aspen bare root trees (Populus tremula)

We have Populus tremula bare root trees in several sizes. The 1+0 specification plants are seedlings (often called whips) which were sown from seed in the spring and are sold during the following November to April months ie they are 1 year old. We have them in several heights.

Aspen (Populus tremula) Summary

The leaf stalks are very flexible which gives this beautiful tree the impression of trembling foliage or to use one of its common names “quaking”. Aspen trees need sunlight and moist soil but will grow in any soil type including boggy soils. They are quite wildlife friendly attracting a range of insects and birds. Beavers have a particular fondness for aspen. Aspen is a pioneer species of tree, quick to establish in a new woodland, able to colonise bare ground poor in nutrients, and providing shade later for shade-loving trees to thrive.

Soil and Situation

Populus tremula is native to cool regions hence often found in the north west of Scotland, in moist soil (often on well-draining riverbanks). They can cope with sea salt, windy sites and elevated positions. Ideally Aspens prefer dry summers, but if you can arrange that to suit, you're cleverer than me!

Leaves, flowers and fruit

Opening copper coloured before turning green, the leaves are rounded with blunt teeth. The most unusual characteristic of Aspen leaves is their flutteryness due to flat and flexible leaf stalks. This adaption increases the rate of transpiration and seems to accelerate mineral uptake from thin, wet soils, increasing glucose production against the odds. Leaves turn bright yellow in autumn, sometimes tinged with red. The flowers are pinkish coloured catkins and the female flowers release fluffy seeds onto the wind. It reproduces by suckering, generating a large number of clones.

Eventual height and growth rate

Aspen trees will grow to about 15m making them a medium to large sized tree. Growth rate is very fast – up to 2m pa which is a characteristic that makes them very suitable for windbreaks as well as being grown for timber.

Also known as quaking aspen, European aspen, common aspen. Salicaceae family.

Free Delivery

For deliveries of orders over £300 + VAT, (which is our minimum order value) we have free delivery to all mainland areas nationwide. If you are in the Scottish Highlands or any of the Islands, please email us or call us and we will quote you a delivery charge which we will subsidise.

All orders are despatched on pallets and will be delivered to the kerbside. We will email you to tell you when your order has been despatched and that email will contain a link so that you can track your delivery.

You can request a specific delivery date when you place your order and we will do our very best to accommodate that date but cannot be held responsible if we do not meet it.

Collections from Ross-on-Wye

You can collect your plants by arrangement with our office team. Please ring us on 01989 552028 to agree a collection date. The postcode for collections is HR9 7TF.

As a trade nursery, we normally despatch stock unbagged (packed horizontally on pallets) but we can offer two bagging options.

Bagging Options

We have two options for despatching plants in bags (you do not need to have them bagged but it is advisable if there is any delay in planting and where you have large quantities, delay in planting some is inevitable).

- Very heavy duty black bags - normally used by farmers, landowners, landscapers etc

- Co-extruded bags which are white on the outside, to reflect sunlight, and black inside, to retain moisture on the roots - normally used by foresters.

In both cases, there is a considerable labour cost to us in putting stock into bags, and then the air in the bags takes up a considerable amount of space on the pallet which means that we get many fewer plants onto a pallet compared with unbagged stock eg for 1+0 seedlings instead of approx. 10,000 plants per pallet of unbagged stock, we'd only get approx. 5,000 plants per pallet if they are bagged. There's also a significant labour cost in putting plants into bags compared with loose packing on a pallet (which is the normal method for nursery to nursery sales). Given that we pay the delivery cost on most orders, supplying stock in bags is a significant extra cost for us for some customers and hence we make a modest charge.

You can specifically request black or white bags on the website after you add plants to your shopping basket. Here is a link to the page Bagging Service for bare root plants for farms and forestry – rjtreesandhedging. Please order the same quantity as the number of plants you are buying - the pricing for bagging is per plant rather than per bag.