I can attest that the daughter of my old one which is 36 years old grew 27
feet the first year. The one on the east side of the house no where near the
mother tree grew 26 feet the first year, the second year it passed the two
story outbuilding and last spring (3rd year) it bloomed. the choice is
yours. if you choose to purchase it, plant it with plenty of room away from
the house. cutting it back will cause it to grow leaves almost 2 foot across
and beautiful, but no flowers. .....madgardener zone 6b in Eastern Tennessee
"Tsu Dho Nimh" wrote in message
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(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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