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Aug 7, 2022
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Soupie
Grandma Sycamore
Or white birch.
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CB green thumbs - how hard is it to successfully transplant a tree from up in
Penske Material
8/7/22 5:02pm
Be ready fro the 5-6 aspen to become 10-15 in 3-5 years.
kurda
8/7/22 5:04pm
I'm cool with that. Have you ever transplanted Aspens?
Penske Material
8/7/22 5:10pm
No. But i would never plant them in a yard unless I had open land.
kurda
8/7/22 5:18pm
And hundreds of little shoots all over your lawn.
Soupie
8/7/22 5:24pm
Powerful incentive to mow frequently.
Florwood
8/7/22 6:43pm
Do you hate your neighbors or your lawn? Aspens are the worst.
John Doe
8/7/22 5:06pm
Ya. It really is an awful landscape tree. So invasive.
kurda
8/7/22 5:09pm
Yuck. What a nuisance for you and your neighbors.
Manauara
8/7/22 5:21pm
RE: CB green thumbs - how hard is it to successfully transplant a tree from up in
Soupie
8/7/22 5:22pm
Big box stores here all sell aspens and new home owners buy them
ColoSpgs
8/7/22 5:23pm
Moved into a house with aspens. Beautiful trees, but should be outlawed
J. Walter Weatherman
8/7/22 5:27pm
Do yourself a favor. Go buy Swedish columnar aspen
ABN RGR
8/7/22 5:30pm
Or white birch.
Soupie
8/7/22 6:14pm
White birch are pretty, but lack the trembling leaf action of the poplar family.
Brisco
8/7/22 6:33pm
I transplanted aspens as a teenager back in the 70s. They weren’t available in SLC nurseries back then. Here’s what...
Brisco
8/7/22 5:42pm
Very good info. Thanks!
Penske Material
8/7/22 6:13pm
Sure. In the 1970s, I was basically trying to landscape a corner of my parent’s large backyard into an alpine forest.
Brisco
8/7/22 6:49pm
This is the correct method. Then plant them 6” deeper than their native habitat
Nat Gas Man
8/7/22 9:27pm
Go find some maples instead
BlackBart
8/7/22 7:23pm
Check your soil. If it is alkali, they will struggle. Also prone to attracting
Oatmeal
8/7/22 7:31pm
They will spread like crazy and I've seen roots out to 100' in two years.
Oatmeal
8/7/22 7:32pm
Carpenter ants love those things
Nat Gas Man
8/7/22 9:27pm
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