Populus nigra 'Italica' | Lombardy Poplar Tree - 280-320cm, 30lt Quince except damp and chalky

except damp and chalky

not for ornamental value

used mostly for cooking and drying but can also be eaten fresh

fluffy purplish-pink flower plumes appear in late spring and cover the whole shrub creating a smoke-like appearance

It mixes well with herbaceous perennials

Populus nigra 'Italica' | Lombardy Poplar Tree - 280-320cm, 30lt Quince except damp and chalkyPopulus nigra 'Italica', or Lombardy Poplar, is a fastigiate mutation of male black poplar. Its large, vigorous, deciduous tree of narrowly columnar habit, straight trunk, ascending branches and grey green bark that matures into grooved, black bark. Diamond shaped to triangular, bright green leaves, turn yellow in autumn. Reddish male catkins appear in spring before the leaves emerge. Populus nigra 'Italica' is easily grown in fertile, hummus rich,