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Santa Margarita, CA 93453
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Escondido, CA 92026
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Populus fremontii

Identification

Populus fremontii, Western Cottonwood.
Populus fremontii, Western Cottonwood along hwy 58 - grid24_3
Populus fremontii

Description

A deciduous tree. Plant and stand back, very fast with regular water, on one site 30' in a year. We grow male trees, females have cotton. An excellent shade tree. Keep away from septic system. Do not plant under power lines. Cottonwoods are important bird and butterfly plants. Cottonwoods are amongst the water shunt plants of nature. Use them next to a water source(such as a lawn) to shunt water to the rest of you planting. Cottonwoods will get very shallow roots if you water shallowly. If you put one next to a lawn do not water the lawn daily (you shouldn't anyway), strech the watering out to once a week or so or you will have a bumpy lawn (from the roots).

Available at our Online store.

Contact: pan@laspilitas.com
We are currently not selling this plant through our Online storefront.

Available at our Santa Margarita store.

Contact: bawilson@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Saturday only from 9am to 4pm
Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
We are currently not selling this plant through our Santa Margarita storefront.

Available at our Escondido store.

Contact: escondido@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm
Address: 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA 92026
We are currently not selling this plant through our Escondido storefront.

Characteristics

Populus fremontii Western Cottonwood tolerates sand, clay and seasonal flooding.
Populus fremontii Western Cottonwood is great for a bird garden and a butterfly garden.
Populus fremontii Western Cottonwood's foliage color is lt-green and type is deciduous.
Populus fremontii Western Cottonwood's flower color is na.

Communities

Communities for Populus fremontii Western Cottonwood:Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Valley Grassland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Northern Oak Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Riparian (rivers & creeks), Shadscale Scrub, Southern Oak Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest and Central Oak Woodland.

Ranges for Populus fremontii

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 5 to 10
height[m]: 10.00 to 20.00
width[m]: 8.00 to 10.00
rainfall[cm]: 88.00 to 382.00

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