They will spread like crazy and I've seen roots out to 100' in two years.

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Aug 7, 2022
7:32:10pm

Oatmeal Contributor

They will spread like crazy and I've seen roots out to 100' in two years.

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Oatmeal

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Joined: Feb 1, 2016
Last login: May 1, 2024
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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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