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Just for fun, guess what tree this is..?


Just for fun, guess what tree this is..?

There are no prizes, alas. Just the joy of plant spotting. :)

I will give you a while ponder, then I will reveal all.



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No idea - how tall is it?

9 May, 2012

 

When that was taken, maybe fifteen feet? Somewhere about there.

10 May, 2012

 

I'll keep watching for the answer!

10 May, 2012

 

Well, no one guessed....

It is in fact - Paulownia tomentosa.

When I got it I was told that it was unlikely to flower in deepest, darkest Buckinghamshire, but would make a great big-leafed shrub to provide shade.

When we moved it was about fifteen feet high and had flowered for four years previously.

I am wondering now if Gloucestershire is a good place to grow one..?

15 May, 2012

 

That was the last thing that I would have thought of owing to the colour of the buds!

Must take a trip to the botanic gardens in Oxford as theirs should be blooming now. This is it last year.............

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/200634-paulownia-tomentosa-foxglove-tree/member/meanie

15 May, 2012

 

They are lovely. I have seen the one in Oxford.
They grow (and flower) very well in Devon & Cornwall. There is one in garden in Cornwall, whose name I forget, and it is fifty or sixty feet in height.
They have a good scent too.

I live at the top of a valley that faces due North, so catch some harsh winds. Still, I reckon I have nothing to lose by giving another one a try.

15 May, 2012

 

I have one coming along from seed.

Good luck with yours!

16 May, 2012



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