Quaking Aspen | Tree Seed Grow Kit | The Jonsteen Company

The Quaking Aspen is a beautiful, useful, and historically important species that can be cultivated virtually anywhere - including your yard, garden, deck, or patio - and is a cherished icon of North America's high country. Populus tremuloides, also known as Golden Aspen, Quaking Poplar, and Small-toothed Aspen, makes its glowing presence known throughout all the great Mountain systems of the United States and Canada, and even ranges down into the mountain ranges of Mexico. A member of the willow family, Aspen is the most widespread tree on the North American continent, yet its beauty is anything but common. In autumn, Aspens are nothing less than stunning - gilded with brilliant golden leaves, perpetually trembling and splashing sunlight in every direction. Aspens are fast growers, and can survive almost anywhere - so long as they get ample sunlight. Aspens typically grow to around 80 feet in height, and usually live for about a century. Aspens are typically smallish trees, around 40 feet tall with trunk diameters under two feet across. Their trembling, ever-moving leaves are pale green in spring and summer, burnishing to radiant gold in autumn. Aspen bark is smooth and the color of white-ash. Older trees have bark that's nearly black at the base, turning to smooth mottled gray higher up the trunk. Aspen bark has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties, making it a highly valued source of medicine for Native American peoples. About Jonsteen's Grow Kits: Growing a tree from seed is a magical and fascinating experience for people of all ages. Our 100% guaranteed Grow Kits provide everything you need to germinate some of the world's largest and most interesting tree species from seed - seeds, growing medium, a mini-greenhouse, and detailed instructions, which lead you through the whole process, from cold-stratifying your seeds to germination and transplanting.