Re: Paulownia/Now Red Maple...

Really??  Wow.  Now I wish I had room for another tree.  If one of the
hackberries ever bites the dust, I know what I will replace it w/!  LOL

On 5/22/06, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> Pam, remember when you were up here and I asked if you wanted some Red
> Maple tree starts (jokingly off course because you don't have room for
> another tree really) and you said it was too hot in your zone and they
> would never make it? Well, I thought we had planted one when we lived in
> Celina, Texas and asked Robert. He said yes, we did plant one of them.
> Then I googled it:
>
>
> Habit and Range:
> Red maple transplants easily at any age and grows into a medium-large
> tree of about 40' to 70'. The red maple occupies one of the largest
> eastern north-south ranges in North America - from Canada to the tip of
> Florida. The tree is very tolerant and grows in nearly any condition.
>
>
> So...FYI...they will grow down there! If you ever want a red maple
> tree...let me KNOW! I have them coming up ALL OVER MY YARD! LOL.
>
>
>
> Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't get it either? Must be more of a problem up North. Never seen 'em
> down here. Too dry I suspect.
>
> On 5/21/06, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> >
> > Okay, I give up. What's the matter with cattails?
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Donna"
> > To:
> > 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
> 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:
> > >> To:
> > >> 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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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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Kemp TX
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