On June 15, 1886, the paper wrote: “The Lombardy poplar, for many years the only tree planted for shade in Boise City and Valley, are fast being supplanted with maple, elm, box elder, locust ...

Some Western Washington poplar trees are turning brown just weeks after leafing out this spring and most will probably never be green again. Horticulturists say a deep lesion called a canker is ...

Dear Neil: I received a small sapling as a gift when I purchased other trees from a well-known national mail order source of trees. I asked the company what it is, and they told me Lombardy poplar ...

Drought and disease have taken a heavy toll on five non-native Lombardy poplar trees near the main entrance to UC Santa Cruz. The campus will start removing the decaying trees on Monday (Aug. 28), ...

Lombardy poplar (Populous nigra var. Italica) has similarly colored foliage and a strong columnar growth habit that makes it an appropriate choice for a colonnade of trees on either side of a long ...

This article was published 19/10/2017 (2679 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Among all the beautiful trees that I pass on my walks down Donwood Drive there is one that ...

PORT TOWNSEND — It’s not a matter of whether the Lombardy poplar trees will come down, it’s a question of what happens in the wake of the clearcutting. That was the message from city officials during ...

PORT TOWNSEND — A meeting next week will address the planned removal of the iconic Lombardy poplar trees along Sims Way in Port Townsend. The virtual meeting will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday. ... The removal ...