Re: Paulownia/Now Red Maple...

Not really.... if you live on a 'lot' and not acreage.
I am still trying to find the perfect place to put my
latest tree.. sigh.

Donna

--- Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:

> 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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