Flowering TreesEastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) is a fast-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 2-9, that matures to about 50-90 ft × 35-60 ft. It does best in full sun with high water needs. It stands up well to wet soil.
- USDA zones
- 2-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 50-90 ft × 35-60 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Tough against
- Wet soil
- Native to
- North America
In the landscape
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Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Eastern Cottonwood is hardy to about -50°F (estimated from USDA zone 2), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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