Flowering Poplar

@RubyHawk (99423)

Atlanta, Georgia

April 16, 2023 7:43pm CST

Do flowering poplar trees grow where you live? There’s one growing near my deck that blooms every spring.The flowers are so high in the tree that I can’t see them until they fall to the ground. I find them when I go out and made this picture when I saw these poplar flowers on the ground a few days ago. They would make a beautiful bouquet but they have no stems. Do you have poplar trees growing near you?

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

17 Apr 23

Yes, there's a tulip tree growing in the front yard next door. It makes a mess every year.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

You’re right after they’re on the ground awhile the flowers start melting. That’s what happened to the one I deleted.

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

17 Apr 23

@RubyHawk And the flowers can dump nectar on you if you accidentally tip them your direction to smell or look at them.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

@DaddyEvil I only see them on the ground. They’d make pretty bouquets if they had stems.

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@LadyDuck (458976)

• Switzerland

17 Apr 23

We have poplar trees here around and those are the main cause of most pollen allergies.

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@LadyDuck (458976)

• Switzerland

17 Apr 23

@RubyHawk The official Government site publish the list of the trees that cause more allergies, they updated the site every day.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

@LadyDuck That would be helpful if you intend to plant trees.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

We have so many trees I don’t know which produces more pollen. That one poplar is the only one near my deck but there’s more along the creek which is a distance away.

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@rebelann (111249)

• El Paso, Texas

17 Apr 23

Not that I know of. Any trees growing on their own here would need to be drought hardy as that's the norm here.

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@rebelann (111249)

• El Paso, Texas

17 Apr 23

Deserts are in perpetual drought with a few wet years interspersed.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

We have droughts but not often. We usually have more than enough rain.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

@rebelann So I understand. It must be hard to deal with.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

17 Apr 23

I do not think we have it have it here

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

17 Apr 23

@RubyHawk oh nice! but sad that no one can see the flowers high up

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

@rakski I know. I’d like to see them on the tree.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

The flowers are so high up in the/tree. I can’t see then until they fall on the ground.

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@just4him (306904)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

17 Apr 23

I think there are, but I don't know too many tree varieties when I see them unless it's a birch.

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@just4him (306904)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

19 Apr 23

@RubyHawk Birch trees are white.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Apr 23

@just4him We used to having a birch tree in our yard with a tire swing in it but that was years ago. Pardon. I think it was an elm.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

I know we have birch trees but I might not recognize one.

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@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

19 Apr 23

I have two poplar trees in my backyard, about 40 feet tall now.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Apr 23

I believe poplars are one of the tallest trees. They give good shade.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Apr 23

@CarolDM I like having shade tees around my deck.

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@CarolDM (203451)

• Nashville, Tennessee

19 Apr 23

@RubyHawk My Sycamore is taller and it is a great shade tree as well. I enjoy them both.

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@AmbiePam (85665)

• United States

17 Apr 23

I'm not really sure. I'll have to start paying attention!

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@AmbiePam (85665)

• United States

17 Apr 23

@RubyHawk My favorite is a weeping willow.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 Apr 23

@AmbiePam I like weeping willows too. I had one in my back yard before I moved to an apartment.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

I don’t know names of all the trees.

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@Jenaisle (14079)

• Philippines

18 Apr 23

I am not familiar with poplar trees. I wish you had shown us the picture. I can imagine they are beautiful,

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@Jenaisle (14079)

• Philippines

18 Apr 23

@RubyHawk I see. that's okay.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 Apr 23

I tried to submit a picture but the picture is too large and I can’t find a way to cut it down.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 Apr 23

@Jenaisle I’m using an iPad and I don’t see that it has paint.

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@ptrikha_2 (45544)

• India

18 Apr 23

I had heard of this Tree but wasn't able to relate to it. Now I checked that many states in India have Poplar farming and now also remember that it is visible in the countryside when we are traveling through the Trains.

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@ptrikha_2 (45544)

• India

19 Apr 23

@RubyHawk May be not in the places like Siberia or those with dominantly High mountain ranges.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 Apr 23

Really, that’s interesting. I wonder if we have poplars in every country.

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@ptrikha_2 (45544)

• India

20 Apr 23

@RubyHawk May be there are folks using it as building material.

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@allknowing (130077)

• India

17 Apr 23

I have not seen them anywhere here

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@allknowing (130077)

• India

17 Apr 23

@RubyHawk That is how it is normally. Right?

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

You probably have many species of trees that we don’t have.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

@allknowing I do believe so.

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@Juliaacv (48526)

• Canada

17 Apr 23

We have lots of flowering trees out in bloom currently. Everything from tulip trees to others which I don't know the names of, but all quite pretty. We have some poplar trees down the street, but I am not sure if they are in flower yet.

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@Juliaacv (48526)

• Canada

17 Apr 23

@RubyHawk We had a week of unseasonably warm weather last week and everything came out, but now it is below seasonable temperatures, so I hope that those blooms last. Typically our blooms are much later than those in your area due to our weather patterns.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

Your poplars might bloom later since spring is later in your country.Tulips, daffodils, redbuds and forsythia have already bloomed here

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

@Juliaacv I thought so because you’re so much further north. We have had a few days in the eighties but it’s mostly in the sixties. We’ll soon have days in the nineties .

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@Tampa_girl7 (49107)

• United States

9 May

I haven’t seen any around our property.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

9 May

They might be more abundant in Georgia.

@MarshaMusselman (38663)

• Midland, Michigan

17 Apr 23

I'm not sure I've seen that before. Did you mean to post an image of them here? I've heard of poplar trees but I'm not sure they're found around here. Maybe I'll look them up.

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@MarshaMusselman (38663)

• Midland, Michigan

25 Apr 23

@RubyHawk I see the pic your posted. Interesting looking bloom.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

I did mean to post a picture but it was too large and I couldn’t cut it down to a smaller size.My other pictures post so I don’t know why this one would be to large.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

25 Apr 23

@MarshaMusselman They are pretty but you cannot see the flowers until they fall to the ground. The trees are tall and the flowers are in the top of the tree.

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@JamesHxstatic (29257)

• Eugene, Oregon

19 Apr 23

I know that tree, but we have none close-by.

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@JamesHxstatic (29257)

• Eugene, Oregon

19 Apr 23

@RubyHawk I'm sure it's around here too.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Apr 23

@JamesHxstatic Probably so. It's similar to most other trees.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Apr 23

We have a lot here along the nature trail and the creek.

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@averygirl72 (37748)

• Philippines

24 Apr 23

First time to hear Poplar flowers. I think we don't have it here. So it does not have stems. This is really beautiful

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

24 Apr 23

I think it’s a beautiful flower. We have a lot of poplars along the trail and by the creek.

@RasmaSandra (73675)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

17 Apr 23

I don't know if there are poplar trees around here, There were many lovely blooming trees in Latvia like chestnuts and lilacs among others, I think there were also poplars,

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Apr 23

We still have lilacs but no chestnuts that I know of.

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@Marilynda1225 (79958)

• United States

18 Apr 23

Nope, no poplar trees here but they do sound pretty. I love trees that have flowers

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 Apr 23

We have several along the nature trail and along the creek. I didn’t realize we had as many until I saw the flowers on the ground.

@JESSY3236 (18953)

• United States

25 Apr 23

pretty flower.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

25 Apr 23

I think they are too.

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@Traceyjayne (1763)

• United Kingdom

19 Apr 23

I am lucky in that where I live there are many trees, both along the roadside and in the nearby woods. Its Spring here now and the trees are just starting the bloom and bud again ....in a few weeks it will all look so beautiful.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Apr 23

I’m lucky to have trees all around me. I’ve never been away from trees.

@LindaOHio (157044)

• United States

26 Apr 23

We had poplar trees at our previous home. They had to take them down to run the sewer line.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Apr 23

I hate to see healthy trees taken down but sometimes it’s necessary.

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