Re: Paulownia/Now Red Maple...

There is always room for another tree!!!!

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On May 22, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Pam Evans wrote:

> 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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