the populus alba "racket", belonging to the family of willows, takes its name from the shape of the tree in its youth, in fact, it initially has a narrow columnar bearing with rigid vertical branches. has rapid growth and straight trunk. in old age, the foliage lowers to become a wide column reaching important measures. Its leaves are white-silver when they appear, to become green in summer, keeping the lower silver color page. in autumn, instead, the leaves become yellow. Young trees have grey-green smooth bark and then quickly become white and rough. the tree is suitable for general use in parks, large gardens and also in public gardens and streets. in a dense pavement could push it up. this variety of poplars is very resistant to the wind (even the marine one), to the air pollution and to the salsedine. the tree grows on almost all types of soil, except for very poor or heavy soils. predilige sunny areas.