Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Wednesday Vignette: then and now...Paulownia tomentosa

Pollarding day, March 12 (the cut branches to the left are Sambucus Black Lace)

And today...

Ya gotta love a tree that just gets on with it!

Weather Diary, July 25: Hi 90, Low 60/ Precip zilch - day 38 with no rain and none in sight...

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26 comments:

  1. Holy Smokes! You cut your Sambucus back like that too? I think I need to try that.

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    1. I do, and it grows fast as well (you can see it in the second photo). The idea was you get bigger leaves if you cut it back (the Sambucus), I have no idea if that's true...

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  2. One of these days I'm going to plant a golden Catalpa and treat it like this. Or maybe I'll just try this :).

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    1. You've got the room to really let it grow!

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  3. This plant simply rockets!

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  4. You have a loquat there! I love that tree! I have a small one, the foliage is gorgeous and bees love the flowers.

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    1. Good eye! The plan is that Loquat will someday hide the ugly view the Paulownia is currently masking. Being evergreen it will do the job year 'round.

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  5. I could use a few plants like that (although preferably with light drinking habits).

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    1. It's amazing how much growth this guy puts on relative to the water it receives. It must have amazing roots.

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  6. Impressive growth! Makes me want to cut one of mine to the ground as was the original plan.

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    1. Why/when did you deviate from the plan?

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  7. tough love! next year i am going to cut back my collection of sambucus. why haven't i planted Paulownia tomentosa to blot out the neighbors? i suspect it needs full sun, which i am short on.

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    1. Mine does receive a great deal of sun.

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  8. WOW! And that Andrew is clearly a handy fellow to have around.

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    1. So true! Last year I did it myself, but it put on so much growth I needed help.

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  9. Cool! I look at my 20' Black Lace and wonder why the hell I didn't think of that... I've been forcing it to head upwards rather than out, but didn't think to go this far. Do you think it's too late if I try it next year? The Pawlownia is a beautiful tree, but I still have to find a spot for my Magnolia macrophylla. An annual pushback of the Elderberry just might provide the answer...

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    1. I remember that Megan (plant lust) once wrote about neglecting to cut hers back and showed a fairly large diameter stump when she finally did (it resprouted). So no, I don't think it's too late, but you could check with her first.

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  10. Hides that neighbor's garage very nicely.

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  11. Heh. I wish all my trees would grow that fast! I have a couple that come close.

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  12. My Paulownia finally pooped out ! I guess cutting it down to the ground every year wore it out .

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    1. I wonder if that won't happen eventually. Although we won't cut it to the ground until the Loquat grows a little more.

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