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Mon, Nov 19, 12 at 12:35
| I live in zone 7a and was wanting to know if Aspen trees would live here. I want to mix my White pine area with beautiful tall white trunks for the winter look. If Aspens will not grow, or have disease problems then I will plant White birch instead, but the Aspen look gorgous in the photos. Please me know more about the Aspens. Thank you. |
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- Posted by greenthumbzdude 6 PA (My Page) on Mon, Nov 19, 12 at 14:13
| Yes, Aspen will grow in 7a. There are different kinds of Aspen though examples would be quaking aspen and bigtooth aspen. The bigtooth aspen lives much longer so I would suggest that one if you can find it. Also be aware that white birch you are probably thinking of is not native to the united states so it might not be able to compete with the white pine. I think the american paper birch is a better fit here. Also, you should know that all trees get diseases. However, a good soil can improve the trees ability to fight them off. So give your trees a good dose of compost after planting them. |
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| Zone 7a eh? Are we talking New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, West Virginia, New Jersey, etc? It does make a difference WHERE in zone 7z you are talking ;) |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 7:32
| hey how big are the pines ... it will be hard to establish young trees.. in the middle of a mature stand of pines ... its like a desert under there ... trust me.. been there.. tried that ... also.. aspen are clumping trees .... which MIGHT be a problem.. way down the line ... ken |
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| Planted a clump of quaking aspen last fall in Philadelphia and they're all doing fine. I notice a mature "white" birch once in a while around here, but not sure if they might be the gray birch that can be found all over the culm banks in the NE part of PA. |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 17:37
| Both aspens and birch will want pretty close to full-sun for decent performance. So maybe off to the side a bit or something like that could work. BTW, I know about the Chicago Botanical Garden paper birch offerings, the ones with hyped-up ability to take heat. I'm just not sure I believe it! If you are in fact able to grow paper birch in your location, and that's a big if in my opinion, regular native Betula papyrifera are the ones to reach for, again, in my opinion. +oM |
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