[Homestead] Paulownia elongata

Jeanne Driese jeanne13 at earthlink.net
Sat Mar 21 19:59:43 EDT 2009


Thanks for the info Bev, always good to know about things like that.  They are planted along interstate 40 between TN and NC are are beautiful in the spring when they bloom.  
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
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  Wendy wrote:
  > Bev, is this the same type of tree you are going to plant?
  > 
  > http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/trees/msg0513042729678.html
  > 
  > Wendy
  > 

  Yes and no.
  There are a couple of varieties of Paulownia and people get them
  confused.  They all seem to have large leaves, nice flowers, and fast
  growth, but there are differences.  Here's what I know, and I'm posting
  some links (I know you hate that, James) in case anyone else is
  interested in doing what I am doing and wants to study up.


  Paulownia elongata, is what I am getting.  Left alone, they grow to 100
  ft tall.  They are THE timber tree in China, the way we grow pines and
  alder.  Note that the leaf shape is not round like the tormentosa.
  Also, P. elongata flowers are more white with touches of lavender or
  pink instead of the purple-blue of other species..
  http://www.worldpaulownia.com/

  http://www.paulowniatrees.com/
  The guy at the above site also tissue cultures-he has a subvariety
  called P. elongata Americana 357.  The picture on his page is what my
  pasture should look like this time next year.  He claims the Americana
  is non-invasive, and perhaps he is right because when I hear about
  invasive Paulownias, people are usually referring to P. tormentosa, not
  P. elongata.


  Paulownia tormentosa is commonly referred to as Empress Tree or Princess
  Tree or simply Royal Paulownia.

  Where I live, the P. tormentosa is the 'problem' tree.  They grow on the
  roadsides and in the ditches, 40-60 ft tall,,,,,the utility workers cut
  them down, but the trees come right back.  Creates a major headache for
  the power crews.  They are quite showy and ornamental though-smell good
  and make great honey, which is why people buy them. They do have those
  2" pods with billions of seed that Jeanne was talking about.
  Tormentosa's flowers are lavender-purple-blue.  They were allegedly
  introduced from China back in the 1850's and have naturalized in the
  Eastern US(33 states).
  This has a lot of P. tormentosa information:
  http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/446-606/446-606.html

  Paulownia fossils have been found in Washington state, so I don't know
  about it's native status...seems to me if it is fossilized...oh well.  I
  read that here:  http://www.dragontrees.com/dragonhi.html

  Other varieties that I've read about are

  Paulownia kawakamii 30-40 ft
  Paulownia fortunei 75 ft
  Paulownia Orienta
  Paulownia Catalpifolia
  Paulownia Taiwaniana

  I think most are sold as ornamentals instead of timber trees.

  Bev

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