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Hybrid Poplar (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$187.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $187.00 | $7.48 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $158.95 | $6.36 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $140.25 | $5.61 |
| 24 bundles and up | $121.55 | $4.86 |
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 Hybrid Poplar (Bundle of 3).
At a glance: Hybrid Poplar is the fastest windbreak and screen tree for moist ground, rated hardy to zone 3 in our ratings (winters to -40°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | A cottonwood and black poplar cross (Populus deltoides x Populus nigra) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 3 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-40°F). Grows in zones 3 to 8. A bare number means the whole of zone 3, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | Tops 45 ft tall |
| Pollination | None needed. Grown from cuttings, not for seed. |
| Spacing | 8 to 12 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Fast tall row of a shelterbelt, quick screens, irrigated field borders |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. Bucks rub young trunks. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root plants, 25 to a bundle, or 20 to a bundle for 3 ft. and taller. Sizes: 6-10 in., 10-24 in., 2-3 ft. and 3 ft.+. 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
Hybrid poplar can put on 5 to 8 ft a year with water and gives you a working windbreak years before anything else on this list.
Origin & History
A hybrid of American cottonwood and European black poplar, grown from cuttings.
Uses
The quick row of a belt. Plan on a 20 to 30 year life and plant a long lived row beside it, such as bur oak or hackberry, to take over.
Growth Habit
Upright, fast, narrow crowned when young, topping 45 ft at maturity. It needs full sun and moist ground and won't put up with drought.
Spacing
Plant 8 to 12 ft apart in the row. A bundle of 25 covers 200 to 300 ft of row.
Pollination
Not a concern. These are grown from cuttings for shelter, not for seed.
Cold hardiness
We rate hybrid poplar to zone 3, winters to -40°F. It isn't as cold or drought tough as our native cottonwood, so keep it on moist or irrigated ground.
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 Hybrid Poplar
How cold hardy is Hybrid Poplar?
We rate it hardy to zone 3, which means winters down to about -40°F.
How far apart do I plant Hybrid Poplar?
8 to 12 ft apart in a row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root plants by the bundle, roots packed in moist sawdust, shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them: a plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code toward a future order.
Photos: “20120903Populus x canadensis04” by AnRo0002, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC0.