Royal Paulownia

[LarryK]

Thinking of planting some "Royal Paulownia" for shade.

Is this a good or bad idea?

Suggestions? Comments?

Thanks............

LarryK

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Pretty flower, scragley tree, and very invasive. Some comunities have ordinaces against their use

 

[John Paul McMillin]

True what JPS said , but i like the few i have where i work. they are just comming into bloom now . it you live in a neighborhood and you maintain your beds you shouldnt have the reseeding or invasiveness. I have also seen these trees used in a texture garden where you cut them to the ground every other year and you get 10 to 15 tall trees every year with 3ft wide leaves, that are awewsome . the young trees in some shade can have huge leaves. I myself wouldnt shy away from them at least in my area they are not that invasive. I have some that are 45 years old and on the edges of the woods i might have a dozen at the most .JPM

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

A pawlonia coppice, I've done it with aspen, willow, burr oak, box elder and a few others. The oak was my favorite. I would do it every spring and it came up like a bush.

 

[Jay Banks]

But not as invasive as Tree-of-Heaven. They grow Paulownia as a crop tree on farms here in Virginia. Quick pulp wood.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

The smell of
Cherios,sawdust
Ailanthus

sanborn

 

[Jay Banks]

Is that what it smells like to you, JPS?

 

[John Paul McMillin]

I hate the smell of Ailanthus saplings, it makes me sick but i havent noticed that with the older trees . I have 3 Ailanthus trees that are at least 40 inches DBH and 60 ft tall , the 2nd largest in the state i think. Delaware has a book of big trees of all species and where i work we have several on that list . We have the largest black cherry in the state 73inch DBH. Anyway back to Paulownia, some people around here grow it for the valuable wood that is sold to japan for hope chest carvers. There have also been people arrested for going on to private or state land and cutting trees down to get the valuable wood.JPM

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Yup, bowel of cherrios in milk

A disagreement I have with the instructor at the local Tech College, Mike says penutbutter