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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: flowerlady on November 07, 2007, 12:43:56
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Have you ever 'lusted' after a plant ??? :-X :o ;D
Well this is mine !!
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h9/Flowerlady_2006/Wish%20List/paulownia_tomentosa_1.jpg)
Now if any one you have one of these ............... Please can I have some seeds !!
Flo ;D
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I tried to grow this from seed that I got from the RHS but no luck. Looks like you know what to put on Santas list then. 8)
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We have one, but since we pollard it severely for the huge elephant's ears leaves, it does not actually flower. Supposedly, if one damages a root it suckers and then one can propagate it that way. I have never tried that. The book also says cuttings in Summer. Tried that without success. They are available as trees from The Dingle Nursery in Welshpool, but are quite expensive.
The seeds need light to germinate so if you coverd them with compost that may have been why they did not come up.
Oh and another thought. They do not flower like that until they are fully mature trees, say 60 foot plus?
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They will flower profusely when 25 - 30 ft tall, say 6 - 8 years old. ::)
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That's what I was going to say :D ... I have to drive past this tree every time I go into town :-X ... it's only 6 or so years old and it flowers it's socks off ;D ... will get a picci in the spring ... it is soooooo lovely ... and later the leaves are huuuuge!! ;D