: George: I work with poplar on a regular basis at my job and find it
: interesting because of the wide range of color. What we get ranges from
: pink to brown to yellow to green but is mostly creamy white. A co-worker
: tried to tell me you could get these colors by leaving the piece out in
: the weather. My experience and intuition make me doubt this. Have you any
: knowledge of this? I'm thinking that a very striking boat could result if
: a guy could come up with a lot of one of the rarer colors. Thanks, Tom

Hi Tom

Don't quote me on this but I believe most of the color variation in plant/tree life comes from the minerals in the ground around the root system. I heard and then experimented with some geraniums in my flower beds by puting a rusty nail in the ground next to them and the color of flowers changed to a darker red from pink. Didn't happen over night, but between seasons, and I don't know that this was the cause, but........????? They had been pink for 2 or 3 years previous. Just a thought...

Most of the Poplar we get out here in Sunny Calif. is the pale green or just an off white.

Rehd