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many leaves are coming off the aspen trees in the Evergreen area #846869
Asked August 22, 2023, 6:33 PM EDT
For the past week the strong wind is blowing off many leaves from the aspen trees in the community I live in. The altitude here if 8,000 ft to 8,400 ft. There's no obvious problem with the trees and the leaves look fine. The tree by the front door is 50+ years old and have never seen this before.
Jefferson County Colorado
Expert Response
Dear Marge ,
Hi, this is Sue, the Extension Gardener on duty today.
Thank you for contacting the Jeffco Extension Garden Help Desk with your question regarding your Aspen trees that have leaf drop. You may send us a photo of the tree(s) so that we can examine them. Closeup and distance shots would be ideal.
I can tell you that aspen trees are susceptible to stress, and this year has been a stressful year for many plants. The extreme amounts of water and heat has been hard on many plants here in our alititude. When plants are greatly stressed they can drop leaves as a response to the environment.
Other things that cause aspen to drop their leaves tend to leave telltale signs like yellowing leaves, or browning leaves. This handy Plant Talk document will give you more tools to help us help you. One thing I noticed is that due to how aspens are collected commercially, they might only have a 25-year life cycle.
https://planttalk.colostate.edu/topics/trees-shrubs-vines/1701-aspen-trees/
So, if you look at this document and want to contact us again for futher help, you can either email us again or call us at 303.271.6632. Again, photos are always helpful to us.
Hope this helps you a bit!
-sue
Reference:
Colorado Gardening: Challenge to Newcomers: https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/garden/07220.pdf
Sincerely,
firstname
Master Gardener Help Desk, Horticulture
Colorado State University Extension, Jefferson County
303.271.6632 - Direct
303.271.6620 - Office
15200 West 6th Ave, Unit C
Golden, CO 80401
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Hi Jefferson County,
Question #0116795 [ask2.extension.org] has been assigned to you by CSU E.
many leaves are coming off the aspen trees in the Evergreen area
For the past week the strong wind is blowing off many leaves from the aspen trees in the community I live in. The altitude here if 8,000 ft to 8,400 ft. There's no obvious problem with the trees and the leaves look fine. The tree by the front door is 50+ years old and have never seen this before.
From: Marge Gostic
Submitted: 08/22/2023 6:33 PM
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Dear Maarge ,
Thank you for contacting the Jeffco Extension Garden Help Desk with your question regarding aspen leaf drop. Saw this reference after the last email I sent. Sorry…Sue
https://csuhort.blogspot.com/search?q=planting+aspen+trees
Reference:
Colorado Gardening: Challenge to Newcomers: https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/garden/07220.pdf
Sincerely,
firstname
Master Gardener Help Desk, Horticulture
Colorado State University Extension, Jefferson County
303.271.6632 - Direct
303.271.6620 - Office
15200 West 6th Ave, Unit C
Golden, CO 80401
CSU Extension programs are available to all without discrimination.
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Hi Jefferson County, Question #0116795 [ask2. extension. org] has been assigned to you by CSU E. many leaves are coming off the aspen trees in the Evergreen area For the past week the strong wind is blowing off many leaves from the aspen trees
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Hi Jefferson County,
Question #0116795 [ask2.extension.org] has been assigned to you by CSU E.
many leaves are coming off the aspen trees in the Evergreen area
For the past week the strong wind is blowing off many leaves from the aspen trees in the community I live in. The altitude here if 8,000 ft to 8,400 ft. There's no obvious problem with the trees and the leaves look fine. The tree by the front door is 50+ years old and have never seen this before.
From: Marge Gostic
Submitted: 08/22/2023 6:33 PM
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