| We have a home in Kettlefalls, WA. (zone 5-6) on a corner lot. I would like to plant Aspen trees down one of the street sides for privacy and also some curb appeal. Would Aspens be a good choice or do you have another suggestion? The soil is loose and drains well. |
| Quaking Aspen is a good choice for your growing region. There are dozens and dozens of trees you might also consider. Here's a list: American Basswood, American Linden Tilia americana American Elm Ulmus americana Amur Maple, Ginnala Maple Acer ginnala Austrian Pine Pinus nigra Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa Black Hawthorn Crataegus douglasii Black Walnut Juglans nigra Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens Boxelder Acer negundo Bristlecone Pine Pinus aristata Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa California Red Fir, Red Fir Abies magnifica Cascara Buckthorn Rhamnus purshiana Cliffrose Cowania mexicana Common Chokecherry Prunus virginiana Crabapple Malus species Crack Willow salix fragilis Douglasfir Pseudosuga menziesii Downy Hawthron Crataegus mollis Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana Engelmann Spruce Picea engelmannii European Ash Fraxinus excelsior European Mountainash Sorbus aucuparia European White Birch Betula pendula Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii Gambel Oak Quercus gambelii Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba Globe Navajo Willow Salix matsudana var. "Navajo" Grand Fir Abies grandis Green Ash Fraxinus pennnsylvanica Hackberry Celtis Occidentalis Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum Idaho Flowering Locust Robinia ambigua Incense-cedar libocedrus decurrens Jeffrey Pine Pinus jeffreyi Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus Lanceleaf Cottonwood Populus X acuminata (hybrid of P. deltoides and P. angustifolia) Limber Pine Pinus flexilis Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta Lombardy Poplar Populus nigra var. italica Mountain Hemlock Tsuga mertensiana Narrowleaf Cottonwood Populus angustifolia Netleaf Hackberry Celtis reticulata New Mexican Locust Robinia neomexicana Noble Fir Abies procera Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra One Seed Juniper Juniperus monosperma Pacific Silver Fir Abies amabilis Pacific Willow, Yellow Willow Salix lasiandra Pacific Yew Taxus brevifolia Paper Birch Betula papyrifera Peachleaf Willow Salix amygdaloides Pinyon Pine Pinus edulis Populus deltoids var. occidentalis Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Red Alder Alnus rubra Red Maple Acer rubrum Red Mulberry Morus rubra Red Willow Salix laevigata Rock Elm, Cork Elm Ulmus thomasii Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain Maple Acer glabrum Russion-Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia Scouler Willow Salix scouleriana Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila Silver Maple Acer saccharinum Singleleaf Pinyon Pinus monophylla Southwestern White Pine Pinus strobiformis Subalpine Fir Abies lasiocarpa Sugar Pine Pinus lambertiana Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor Tamarisk, Saltcedar Tamarix chinensis Thinleaf Alder, Mountain Alder Alnus tenuifolia Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma Washington Hawthorn Crataegus phaenopryum Water Birch, Red Birch Betula occidentalis Western Larch Larix occidentalis Western Redcedar Thuja plicata Western White Pine Pinus monticola White Alder Alnus rhombifolia White Fir Abies concolor White Mulberry Morus alba White Poplar Populus alba White Spruce, Blackhills Spruce Picea glauca var albertiana Whitebark Pine Pinus albicaulis |
