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Shirleyp · 31-07-2009, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by R[_5_]

"Jeff Layman" lid wrote in message
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Shirleyp wrote:
Could anyone tell me when the best time would be to cut back a
Paulownia, Autumn or spring, we would liked to have let it get big
enough to Flower but it is outgrowing the space we have for it.

Shirley

If you want it to flower the one thing you don't want to do is cut it
back! The only reason for cutting it back (or, rather, coppicing it) is to
encourage it to produce very big leaves on one or two stems. If you want
flowers you'll have to leave it to grow into a small tree (3+ metres in
height).

http://www.paulowniasupply.com/index.htm

Thankyou Jeff, the space we have means we will not be able to let it Flower but we like the large leaves anyway so we will cut it back and hope it stays whitin the space we have.

Shirley