Lombardy Poplar

bazmc35

Ive just planted Lombardy Poplar any ideas for pruning and maintenance for this tree?
On searching the net ive read that the roots are invasive, to what extent and whats a safe distance to plant Lombardy from walls, is 12meters safe?

Roselm

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/far-poplar-roots-spread-64293.html

rje66

bazmc35 wrote: »

Ive just planted Lombardy Poplar any ideas for pruning and maintenance for this tree?
On searching the net ive read that the roots are invasive, to what extent and whats a safe distance to plant Lombardy from walls, is 12meters safe?

Just curious as to why choose trees that need pruning and maintenance?
Aren't there plenty of choices that don't????

Keep it simple......

Calahonda52

Roselm wrote: »

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/far-poplar-roots-spread-64293.html

Poplar trees grow 80 to 150 feet high, and according to Blue Sky Plumbing, they can send out roots two to three times their height, meaning a root system stretching as far as 160 to 450 feet from the base of the tree. :mad:

magicbastarder

i can't remember what variety of poplar it was, but my dad once bought a variegated poplar for his (small) suburban garden. it was no more than twelve or fifteen foot tall, and we were coming across roots as thick as my finger twenty foot from it. it came out soon after.