Poplar - False Lombardy (Populus canadensis Robusta) bare roots

Red male catkins of False Lombardy (Populus canadensis Robusta)

Poplar - False Lombardy (Populus canadensis Robusta)

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Minimum order value (all plants) is £300+VAT

Free Delivery over £300+VAT excl Highlands and Islands

Please order plants in multiples of 25

False Lombardy Poplar trees (Populus canadensis Robusta) are

- Suitable as a woodland tree or parkland tree or windbreak especially in coastal areas and exposed sites

- Non-native (originates from France)

- Deciduous

- Safe to plant near livestock (non-toxic)

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

Please contact us if you would prefer to order on the phone or have any questions or to discuss a discount for larger quantities.

Our range of bare root False Lombardy Poplar trees (Populus canadensis Robusta)

We have bare root False Lombardy Poplar trees in various sizes. The 1+0 specification plants are seedlings (often called whips) which were planted from seed in the spring and are sold during the following November to April months ie they are 1 year old.

False Lombardy Poplar Summary

False Lombardy Poplars also commonly called Hybrid Poplars are tall trees with a narrow vertical (broadening to conical) habit and are suited to a variety of uses in exposed sites and in damper areas. They have straight trunks with regular branching and symmetrical upward facing branches. A very attractive species for a windbreak where planted in multiples or parkland tree where planted singly, as well as a woodland tree. It's a very good timber tree quickly producing strong timber - or it can be coppiced and will re-grow quickly.

Soil and Situation

This species is suitable for exposed and coastal areas due to be wind resistant although it is also commonly planted in urban and landscape settings, wherever there is fertile, moist soil. Its most common use is planted as a windbreak for buildings or farms. It is sensitive to dry conditions and frost but will cope with occasionally waterlogged soil.

Leaves, flowers and fruit

Bronze leaves in spring, turning green as summer progresses, and then yellowish/green. False Lombardy Poplar can be described as a "leafy tree" which helps make it good as a windbreak. It has triangular to diamond-shaped leaves which emerge early. It produces flowers in the form of showy, reddish male catkins.

Eventual height and growth rate

False Lombardy Poplars are fast growing (1.5 - 1.8m pa) and become tall trees, at about 30m height.

Also known as Hybrid Poplar and is from the 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.