Re: Paulownia

Okay, I give up. What's the matter with cattails?
zem
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Paulownia


No doubt- just noticed today that my mom's pond has
cattails in it... I was horrified and gave her the
third degree about where she got them and why did she
put them there...

Of course, she said she didn't, but with the terror of
my yelling, I am sure even if she did, she wouldn't
admit it..

Tomorrow's project is to get them out before they get
out of hand... if they aren't already.

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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