Empress Splendor Tree

**J* D* <j*@xcountry.tv>**

Hi from snow-scoured Nova Scotia:

A magazine where I am an editor received a press release today about  
this miracle tree called the Empress Splendor (tm), and I'm trying to  
find some useful information about it that isn't hype.

According to the press release, it's a sterile clone of Paulownia that  
is hardy to zone 6, will produce a great deal of growth, gonna offset  
greenhouse gases, gonna save the hardwood industry... it sounds to me  
like it's too good to be true, but I don't have any empirical data or  
anyone with real experience (nameless handles on fora don't inspire  
trust in me when I see comments from them.

Anyone know anything about these?

Thanks, jodi

Jodi DeLong, MA
“Atlantic Canada’s Garden Writer”
4775 Hwy 358, RR3,
Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada B0P1 H0
My online resume: www.bloomingwriter.ca
My Gardening blog: bloomingwriter.blogspot.com

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