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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
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. |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
they grow wild here in Eastern Tennessee. beautiful flowers, lots of pods
from those flowers later on, the leaves are huge and fuzzy, the tree does grow fast, and if you don't mind a lot of huge leaves when they all fall off, I'd say try one out if it's cheap. The old one we got with the house we bought has to have the contorted limbs cut off over the roof because of those flowers and pods, and it flowers on new growth. Don't plant to close to your house. And the wood doesn't burn well. The Chinese use the wood for boxes as it's tough and unusual. I took the limbs the electric company cut off from around my wires leading to my house, and laid them as a border around a new bed a few years ago. I think it's been 3 years, might be 4. They haven't rotted yet, but the bark finally came off this year. The blossoms look like like oversized wisteria clusters and smell like grape Nehi. madgardener "Harri85274" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
Don't even think about it.
Its one of the nastiest of weed trees. The showy flowers don't make up for its bad habits. Harri85274 wrote in message ... 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. |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
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. They grow fast, but NOT that fast in a single season. You can expect maybe 10-15 feet from a young tree annually, less as it matures. Contrary to what other posts may lead you to believe, they are not a weed tree in many parts of the country - location is the key. |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
Most folks side with Cereoid+10 on this but I rather like the thing. I
cut it back to ground every year and it will put up new shoots which will reach 15 feet or more in a season. The first season leaves are at least a foot across and very furry. No flowers with this treatment. But then I like catalpas too. Cereoid+10 wrote: Don't even think about it. Its one of the nastiest of weed trees. The showy flowers don't make up for its bad habits. Harri85274 wrote in message ... 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. Pat Brothers The Powell House Wake Forest, NC USDA Zone 7b |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
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. Paulownia tomentosa, or princess tree, has its good points. It depends on where you live. It would be at its best in Zone 6b. It is not hardy in the North, although there was one in Syracuse for many years. Any further south, it is extremely weedy and invasive, and you would have your neighbors cursing you. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so." Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885 |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
you just HAD to drop the other shoe, didn't you, Tomj? Next thing we'll be
reading about dog shit in the front yard..........................madgardener "Tom Jaszewski" wrote in message ... On 02 Feb 2003 20:21:47 GMT, (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. Oh Oh, expect a cat thread next.... Regards, tomj |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
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 ... (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 -- To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. - Jules Henri Poincaré |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
come to East Tennessee, girl, I'll show you more Pawlonia's than you can
shake a stick at! GBSEG read how much mine grew..........and all I have is red clay soil madgardener "Pam" wrote in message ... 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. They grow fast, but NOT that fast in a single season. You can expect maybe 10-15 feet from a young tree annually, less as it matures. Contrary to what other posts may lead you to believe, they are not a weed tree in many parts of the country - location is the key. |
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Ever heard of Paulownia trees?
"Iris Cohen" wrote in message ... Paulownia tomentosa, or princess tree, has its good points. It depends on where you live. It would be at its best in Zone 6b. It is not hardy in the North, although there was one in Syracuse for many years. Any further south, it is extremely weedy and invasive, and you would have your neighbors cursing you. Iris, If you ever travel across I-40 in TN in the spring when the Paulownia is in bloom, you will understand why people think it is gorgeous. In fact, the rest stop along the way have signs telling travelers what it is because so many people ask. And as an aside, you will also know why it has gained the adjective "invasive." Much of the roadside on I-40 has Paulownia in the landscape in all sizes, and it doesn't seem to be fussy where it grows. There is a single, large specimen next to a pottery shop in the area where we live in northern AR that is beautiful in both spring and summer. It gets no care and is doing extremely well, which is reason enough to worry about invasiveness. John |
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