Poplar Purple Tower Options
140-180cm: 7-12L and 140+cm tall. Usually shaped to be a half standard.
180-240cm: 12-20L pot and 180+cm tall. Usually shaped to be a half standard.
Girth 8-10cm: The Industry standard size is roughly 240-300cm tall. Possibly recently potted up from rootball so around 15-30L size pot.
Girth 10-12cm: The Industry standard size is roughly 300-360cm tall. Possibly recently potted up from rootball so around 20-40L size pot.
Poplar Purple Tower
If you like your reds and purples in your garden then the newly introduced Poplar Purple Tower tree is going to be a good choice for you. Considered to be upright and pyramidal when mature which in plain English means that it is quite a lot taller than it is wide. The leaves can be up to around 20cm long and 12cm wide with dark red stems. To give your Purple Tower a better chance of producing larger leaves, prune hard at the start of Spring.
It should be a deeper shade of purple in the Summer, tailing off to a strong red in the Autumn. Now of course descriptions of colours can be subjective, so ladies, please bear in mind this description was written by an ex-engineer with a strong man brain. He cannot visualise "deep passionate hues of dying embers", that is just long hand for red! So if you call in and ask for the long-hand version of what we mean by red and purple, you will probably be told "very red and very purple".
Ultimately it "should" get to around 10m in height and "about" 3m wide. We use the quotes with trepidation because we know there are some hard-core gardeners out there that will take us to task in 10 years time stating that their Poplar Purple Tower tree had failed to grow and expand to the exact dimensions we listed a decade ago. Local conditions and weather will dictate growth rate and ultimate height.
The roots of the Purple Tower are considered vigorous so remember this when planting close to drains, especially if they are old clay ones.
Best to plant in full sun in fertile soil and is considered UK hardy to frost which usually means it will be ok to around minus 15 degrees centigrade.
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Ornamental Tree Roots In The Shade e.g. Behind A Fence
It is more important that that foliage (posh term for leaves) receives the sunlight than the roots. So if the canopy of your ornamental tree can sunbathe but the bottom of your tree thinks there has been a nuclear winter then that is ok. You might want to ensure you have good drainage as water and no sun is the start of algae and other such issues.
Do I Need To Stake My Ornamental Tree?
Our article on Tree Staking should help guide you.
Planting In The Corner Of A Garden
Air and light is reduced in this location which could promote fungus and bacterial issues. If the corner is of the house and a fence then you also have leeching issues to contend with from cement and wood preservatives. Also when it rains, that area would experience higher water levels so we advise against it unless the plant is very hardy.
