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Cottonless (Male) Cottonwood (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$221.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $221.00 | $8.84 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $187.85 | $7.51 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $165.75 | $6.63 |
| 24 bundles and up | $143.65 | $5.75 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Only need a few? This page is wholesale, sold by the bundle. For smaller numbers, order our Cottonwood (Bundle of 2).
At a glance: Cottonless Cottonwood is a male cottonwood that sheds no cotton, rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | Male cottonwood, plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 2 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-50°F). Grows in zones 2 to 9. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 60 to 90 ft tall, 40 to 60 ft wide |
| Pollination | None needed. Male trees grown from cuttings. |
| Spacing | 12 to 20 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Tall row of a shelterbelt, fast farmstead shade, river and ditch bank plantings |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. Bucks rub young trunks. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root plants. 10-24 in. and 2-3 ft. sizes come 25 plants to a bundle, and the 3 ft.+ size comes 20 to a bundle. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
This is plains cottonwood from male trees grown from cuttings, so every tree is cottonless. You get the size and speed without cotton drifting across the yard every June.
Origin & History
Plains cottonwood is the native river bottom tree of the northern plains. Male selections have been the farmstead standard for decades.
Uses
Fast shade and tall shelter wherever there is water within reach of the roots. Keep it well back from buildings and septic lines.
Growth Habit
Very large, fast, broad crowned tree, 60 to 90 ft tall and 40 to 60 ft wide.
Spacing
Plant 12 to 20 ft apart in the row. A bundle of 25 covers 300 to 500 ft of row, a bundle of 20 covers 240 to 400 ft.
Pollination
Not a concern. Male trees make no cotton.
Cold hardiness
We rate plains cottonwood to zone 2, winters to -50°F. It needs moisture more than protection from cold.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Questions we get about Cottonless Cottonwood
How cold hardy is Cottonless Cottonwood?
We rate it hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F.
How far apart do I plant Cottonless Cottonwood?
12 to 20 ft apart in a row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root plants by the bundle, shipped from Missoula or picked up in Missoula in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping.
Photos: “Populus deltoides - plains poplar” by Matt Lavin, via Flickr, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.