It seemed like a good idea at the time. Forty years ago, 120 Lombardy poplars were planted in Issaquah at Front Street North and Gilman Boulevard. Tall, columnar and fast-growing, the trees soon rose ...

Some Western Washington poplar trees are turning brown just weeks after leafing out this spring and most will probably never be green again. Horticulturists say a deep lesion called a canker is ...

When the people of young Boise City began to involve themselves in what the Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman called “The Tree Mania,” they chose species that were fast-growing and readily available. This ...

Dead and diseased Lombardy poplar trees growing as a visual screen between Interstate 90 and the Spalding Auto Parts wrecking yard will be cut down. The trees are part of a highway beautification ...

PORT TOWNSEND — A second town hall-style meeting on the future of the Lombardy poplar trees lining Port Townsend’s entrance is set for today at 5 p.m. The forum ...

Once upon a time, there was a poplar. It was a Lombardy poplar. And everyone loved it very much. People would come and take cuttings and plant it and play botanist. And in 1784, one man took a cutting ...