![]() Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Leaf Color: Green Leaf Feel: Velvety Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Opposite Leaf Shape: Cordate Ovate Leaf Margin: Entire Hairs Present: Yes Leaf Length: > 6 inches Leaf Description: Opposite simple oval or heart-shaped 5-12 inch with velvety hairs on both sides, pale in color on the underside, resemble catalpa leaves.Pale violet to pink with dark spots and yellow stripes vanilla scented. Flowers: Flower Color: Pink Purple/Lavender Flower Inflorescence: Panicle Flower Value To Gardener: Edible Fragrant Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Shape: Funnel Tubular Flower Petals: fused petals Flower Size: 1-3 inches Flower Description: Large showy upright clusters 14" long of funnel or tube-like 1.5-2 inch long fragrant, edible, flowers appear in the spring.Immature capsules are sticky green turning brown in the fall. Fruit: Fruit Color: Brown/Copper Green Display/Harvest Time: Fall Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Length: 1-3 inches Fruit Description: 1"-1.5" long woody oval dehiscent capsule containing thousands of small winged seeds.Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Sand Shallow Rocky Soil pH: Acid (8.0) Neutral (6.0-8.0) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Moist Available Space To Plant: 24-60 feet USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Edible Tree Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Dense Rounded Spreading Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: High Texture: Coarse.Life Cycle: Woody Country Or Region Of Origin: China Edibility: Flowers are edible, add them to salad as a colorful garnish. Attributes: Genus: Paulownia Species: tomentosa Family: Paulowniaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Used in paper, veneer, hand-carvings, clogs, musical instruments, furniture, rice pots, water pails, bowls, and spoons and has medicinal uses in Asia.Tags: #showy flowers #deciduous #invasive #fragrant flowers #purple flowers #weedy #edible flowers #velvety #large leaves #high maintenance #showy fruits #fast growing #messy #aggressive #weak wood #self-seeding #disturbed areas #Braham Arboretum #poor soils tolerant #deciduous tree See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: This plant is weedy, messy, has weak wood and is listed as an invasive species by the NC Invasive Plant Council, North Carolina Forest Service, USDA National Invasive Species Information Center the Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Flower buds can suffer frost damage in the early spring. This tree is not recommended for landscape planting. Once it is cut down, it will send up growth along the roots several feet out from the original tree and is difficult to kill. ![]() ![]() The canopy produces dense shade making it difficult to grow plants underneath and it competes with native plants for nutrients and water. Air pollution and coastal conditions do not bother this tree in the slightest and it self seeds very easily in the landscape. While it can withstand some light shade it prefers full sun. It tolerates a range of soils including low fertility and high acidity but prefers moist, deep, sandy-loam well-drained soil. Woody brown seed capsules follow and in the fall they break open to reveal winged seeds. Flowers appear on second year wood are light purple pink, showy, and smell like vanilla. The leaves of this plant are large and velvety soft looking very much like those on a catalpa tree. It is considered one of the fastest growing trees in the world. This shade tree grows rapidly adding 15 feet each year to reach a mature height of 50 feet and width of 30 feet in just 10 years. The tree is named in honor of Russian Princess Anna Paulowna (1795-1865), while the species name tomentosa means hairy in Latin. Native to Eastern Asia the princess tree is a deciduous fast growing tree in the Paulowniaceae family. Please see the suggestions in the left-hand column. This plant is problematic and alternatives should be considered. Phonetic Spelling pa-LOH-nee-a toh-men-TOH-suh This plant is an invasive species in North Carolina Description
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