Re: Paulownia

Yep, a definate possibility.

But I also think that the powers that decide this got
caught a few times in waiting too long, so now they
jump on it and over react at times.

Donna


--- Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com> wrote:

> The biggest problem with invasive aliens is with
> those that have copious 
> amounts of seed that are spread by migrating birds.
> They may not be invasive 
> in my area, so I think that they're safe to grow.
> Unfortunately, birds 
> spread seed over thousands of square miles, often
> into habitat that will 
> support the plant all too well.
> 
> d
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 6:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Paulownia
> 
> 
> > Once again it's the same old thing about invasive
> aliens - that
> > are not invasive everywhere.  I first discovered
> Paulownia about
> > 45 years ago, soon after we moved to the area. 
> There was one
> > large old tree on the grounds of the old St.
> Peter's School, and
> > soon I discovered another by the old toll house on
> the Bear
> > Mountain Road that had originally been built as a
> toll road
> > (by Rockefellers?, Harrimans?, somebody like
> that).  I thought
> > they were beautiful exotics.  Then some 10 years
> ago when I
> > attended a National Garden Club Convention in
> Philadelphia,
> > I discovered Logan (!) square was planted with
> them, and they
> > were in full bloom.  Spectacular!  Now that I have
> just heard
> > that they are invasive, I have discovered two
> small ones
> > within a couple of miles of each other on a wooded
> stretch of
> > Route 9A out of Croton.  Now that's really
> invasive!
> > One of the original trees is gone, and I suspect
> the other is,
> > too, as the old school grounds are now a large
> housing
> > development.  I just haven't been up there to look
> in some
> > years.
> > Auralie
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 05/16/2006 3:51:35 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> > holmesbm@usit.net writes:
> > This plant was originally introduced as a good
> timber tree.  However, in
> > the South, the cells grow so quickly that the wood
> is weak and can't be
> > used for furniture, etc.  It has become a terrible
> pest...along I40, over
> > the mountains between Knoxville and Ashville, the
> tree has taken over part
> > of the hillsides, pushing out all the natives.
> 
>
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