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03-02-2003, 12:47 AM

(Harri85274) wrote:

I read this ad where this tree grows so fast in one season. goes to 30,40 or
even 50 feet high, with gorgeous lavender blooms.

It's an invasive pest in parts of the USA ... Chinese native
originally.

I doubt that it actually grows that fast in one year, but it's a
fast-growing, short-lived, weak (blows over a lot) tree.

Heights of 13 m (43 ft) in 11 years have been reported in Russia.

Tsu

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