In article , en? [Howd E.
Doodat] wrote...


Well, I got my web space.
I put the pics up at:

http://red.dwarf.home.att.net/pix

Nice pics. Yes, this is a large-leaved _Paulownia tomentosa_
sapling or sucker shoot. Tropical looking, isn't it? They remind
me of Balsa wood saplings I've seen in Costa Rica [they have
similarly large, similarly-shaped leaves].

If you leave it be, it will eventually change to become a much
smaller-leaved [but still pretty large], spring-flowering, branched
tree [they're actually rather attractive flowering trees; it's too
bad that they tend to invade natural habitats].

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/c...s/PauloTo1.jpg
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/c...s/PauloTo3.jpg
http://www.mediterraneangardensociet...tomentosa.html
http://web.reed.edu/trees/TreePages/PATO.html
http://aoki2.si.gunma-u.ac.jp/Botani...TMLs/kiri.html

If you chop it down [say, in the fall or winter] you're likely to
get another giant-leaved sprout next year.

cheers