prep for winter?

[zakrzewski]

How many different kinds of Maple trees are there?

How do I know a sugar maple from any other?

What if anything should I do to prepare my newly planted poplar trees, for winter? They seem to have survived the drought fairly well, but I'm afraid if we have another bad winter, I might lose them.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

>>How many different kinds of Maple trees are
>>there?

If we just look at species that grow in S/E WI (you would not tell us where you come from so i'll thatl about where I am.) I can pull twelve off the top of my head.

>>How do I know a sugar maple from any other?

Best way is to look at the bud, it is long thin and looks like it will poke your eye out.

>>What if anything should I do to prepare my newly >>planted poplar trees, for winter? They seem to >>have survived the drought fairly well, but I'm >>afraid if we have another bad winter, I might >>lose them.

Look at this page and the link on it
http://www.ArboristSite.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1219
then examine your trees to see if you may have a root problem.

With poplars it is not the cold winters but late frosts that can get them.