Populus szechuanica var. tibetica

Rarely seen, yet one of the most attractive of the Chinese balsam poplars, the leaves being a similar size to the well known and loved P. lasiocarpa. Foliage is elegant and broadly ovate, flushing red in spring and retaining a red midrib, green above and whitish-glaucescent beneath. A strong growing large tree to 20m+ adapted to most soils.