Love the catalog of your tree farm here! They look like awesome trees and I’m shocked to learn that poplars grow trees from the roots of the parent tree. That’s really cool! Perhaps some of the things we might consider weeds growing st the lake property are just a whole family of poplar trees lol.
I’ll have to get a picture of the big one!
Also thank you for calling it a weed whacker hahah I don't know if that's a north east thing but I've heard it called a few other things that just don't sound right!
Before planting the poplars, I had no idea that they would reproduce in this fashion. All of the trees we plant are from a company called Advanced Tree Technology. They are superior grafted trees and they cost about $25.00, so everyone that shoots up from the roots of the ones we purchased is like free money.
When the sapplings started growing from the roots, I had no idea what they were and cut them down right along with the weeds. It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized the saplings had the same leaves like the ones I planted.
Weed wacker or weed trimmer are the only names I've ever heard them called, seems like the right name for what it does, wack the heck out of weeds.