By Garry1959
Mississippi,
United States 
can i prune a main side limb that was originally the tree from the beginning.. last summer i had another tree come straight up approx 15 ft. paulownia tree?
9 Jan, 2015
Answers
I completely agree mg . id almost bet on it.
9 Jan, 2015
My mind got bent out of shape by the thought of a 'main side limb' NP
9 Jan, 2015
Replied on the second copy of the Q.
9 Jan, 2015
yes its a contradiction in one sentence really . my verigated acer tree keeps trying to revert back to green but I keep having to cut the green ones out . to me that's the difference between a tree and a shrub . that is most trees have a main stem wear most shrubs have many . I didn't see the second copy sg .
9 Jan, 2015
We have the same problem with a contorted Hazel NP it produces straight sports that need to be removed at soil level.
10 Jan, 2015
Paulownia is generally grown from seed.....the damn things seed everywhere in my garden at work and i'm forever spraying them off in the cracks in paths and among the ornamentals.
They do have a habit of putting out long, fast growing whispy shoots which will develop into stems or branches if allowed to. Also, Paulownias are one of the trees that can be pruned (pollarded) hard back in order to get huge leaves, but at the expense of any flowers.
Personally Garry, i'd have no problems doing what you're asking.
10 Jan, 2015
Just like to add that Garry is in the states where conditions may be more favourable but i have Paulownias that have easily reached 10 foot in a year in southern UK....it was just a single stem though and no other energy was put into making any side growth or flowers. The leaves were at least 18" across though !!!!!
I have a 30 foot tree which is around 20 years old at work but it's a beautiful standard which flowers well each year
10 Jan, 2015
yes its quite difficult as my acre tree is getting tall now and the new dark green leaves always seam to at the top . ive seen a red acre which was half green and looked really interesting until I guess the green completely takes over . I planted a bonsai acre of 16 years and it was like it had gone yippee free at last bf and grew like really quickly and leggy bf .
10 Jan, 2015
Acer.
Regards, Mr Pedant. LOL
10 Jan, 2015
im dyslexic regards mr Shelton lol
10 Jan, 2015
Hi Garry and welcome to GoY. Are you sure your Paulowia isn't grafted onto a rootstock which is trying to take over? Can take up to 50 years to get to 75 foot so a growth of 15 foot in one year seems odd to me. Personally I'd be removing the 15 foot growth.
9 Jan, 2015