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Nursery Direct
Yunnan Poplar (Pleached)
Populus yunnanensis
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 90Ltypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Yunnan Poplar (Pleached) - Populus yunnanensis
Where a screen is needed quickly and at height, few things move as fast as a poplar, and pleaching keeps that speed under control by training the growth into a flat panel on a frame above a clear trunk. Populus yunnanensis has larger, glossier leaves than the common poplars, dark green above with a pale reverse and reddish midribs, so the panel has more substance and better colour. It is deciduous, which means privacy in summer and winter sun through the frame. The one thing to plan for is the root system, which is vigorous and best kept well away from services.
Why Pleached Yunnan Poplar
Large Glossy Leaves: Broad foliage fills a trained panel densely, screening better than fine leaved deciduous trees.
Rapid Screening: Growth is fast, so the panel closes up within a season or two of installation.
Winter Sun: Leaf drop in autumn lets low sun reach windows and courtyards through the cold months.
Trained Framework: The clear trunk and horizontal wires hold the panel at a defined height and thickness.
Autumn Colour: Foliage turns yellow before falling, giving a short but strong seasonal display.
Ideal Applications
Fast boundary screen: The quickest way to block a new neighbouring build at first floor level.
Overlooking window block: A short run of panels targets a specific sightline without shading the whole garden.
Rural driveway avenue: Repeated at even spacing it gives immediate scale along a long approach.
Living wall on a frame: Against a fence or structure it reads as a green wall with no climbing plant maintenance.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5m to 2.5m centres so panels meet
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3m to 4m centres
Best Planting Season: Winter, while dormant
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable to most soils and tolerant of periodic wet ground, but it grows best in deep moist soil in full sun. Keep the planting line at least 8m to 10m from drains, sewer lines, paving and building footings, because the roots are strong and water seeking.
Establishment Care: Water deeply through the first two summers to drive the growth that fills the frame, then reduce as the panel closes. Tie in new shoots along the horizontal wires each spring, prune back to the panel in late winter, and remove any suckers or shoots that appear below the clear stem.
Plant Details
Height: 3m to 4m as a maintained pleach; the species reaches 15m to 20m if left unmanaged
Width: 1.2m to 2m across the panel
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: South-west China
Flower Colour: Insignificant catkins
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







