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Aspen (Bundle of 3) | Spring 2027
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Ripening
Will it finish before your first hard freeze?
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Disease resistanceNo strong resistance
- 2 Cytospora canker : Susceptible, 2 of 5
- 1 Hypoxylon canker : Highly susceptible, 1 of 5
- 2 Marssonina leaf spot : Susceptible, 2 of 5
- 2 Shoot blight : Susceptible, 2 of 5
Scored 1 to 5. Higher resists better, and ? means no published data yet.
See it on our native and shade tree disease chart (opens in a new tab)At a glance: Aspen is an aspen tree rated hardy to zone 1 in our ratings, and dioecious, with separate male and female plants.
| Also called | Quaking aspen, trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 1 to 6. A bare number means the whole of zone 1, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Chill hours | About 1,100 hours (1,000 to 1,400). From published figures. Montana winters give it plenty. In milder climates, make sure your winters average at least this much. Check your chill hours or see our sources. |
| Pollination | Dioecious - Needs Male and Female. Bloom group 4 of 7 (mid), very early spring here. Aspen trees are male or female and their catkins open very early, before the leaves. You grow it for shade and wildlife, so the sex of your trees does not matter; its wind-shed catkins offer bees only minor early pollen and it is not an orchard pollenizer. Bloom group is our estimate from the variety's origin and relatives. Pollination Charts. |
| Good for | Feeding wildlife (9/10), ornamental value (8/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists. |
| Deer | A deer favorite. Fence it or cage it. |
| What you get | Bare root, 2-3 ft. Seedlings. Shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out. |
The oldest living organism in the world is 80,000 years old and clones itself. Known as Pando, and nicknamed the Trembling Giant, this organism is actually a single grove of Quaking Aspen trees in Utah.
About Quaking Aspen
These trees are super hardy and tend to sucker, so be careful where you plant them. With beautiful fall foliage, they prefer wetter conditions and won’t tolerate dry soils in their early years. They’re hardy all the way down to zone 1.
Trees are 2-3 ft.
Questions we get about Aspen
How cold hardy is Aspen?
We rate Aspen hardy to zone 1. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.
How many chill hours does Aspen need?
About 1,100 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 1,000 and 1,400. That comes from published figures for this variety. Aspen needs a long, cold winter. In a Canadian trial it needed more chill than birch, balsam poplar or spruce. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.
What is Aspen good for?
Our top use scores for Aspen are feeding wildlife (9/10), ornamental value (8/10). Anything scored 8 or higher makes our Best Of lists.
Is Aspen disease resistant?
No. It's very prone to Hypoxylon canker, and prone to cytospora canker, Marssonina leaf spot and shoot blight. Our native and shade tree disease resistance chart has every rating, the notes and the sources.
Will deer eat Aspen?
Yes, deer love it. Protect Aspen with a fence or a cage, especially while it is young.
What arrives, and when does Aspen ship?
A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. Sizes offered: 2-3 ft. Seedlings. We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.
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