Re: Empress Splendor Tree

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

Looks like a colleague in Guelph ran the release:
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/450181

I don't know about this particular cultivar, but I know that 
Paulownia tomentosa is considerd invasive and extremely messy.

I think you should ask if the hardiness to Zone 6 is the whole plant 
or the roots. Here in Zone 5, it's not uncommon for the top part of 
the tree to be damaged by winter temps.

jems

>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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