Re: Pawlonia tomentosa
Gay Klok wrote:
> With regards the Pawlonia, I wholeheartedly agree with you except you
> didn't say how marvelous the leaves are.
Gay I have read that the Brits in their huge herbaceous borders
sometimesmake use of Pawlonia, cutting it to the ground at the end of
each winter so they take full advantage of the glory of those new
leaves. Of course such trees never get the chance to flower.
> I have heard of the Pawlonia being commercially farmed in Victoria,
> Australia. An ever repeating crop apparently.
> The farmer cuts the tree down when the wood is thick enough,
> annually, and it comes back stronger than ever
Is this for firewood? Surely wood that has grown so fast can't be much
good as timber. I would have imagined for that use it would have to
stand and mature several years at least
wish our rain forest trees had the same quality
Ours too, things like Kauri take a leisurly 500 years or so to really
reach a decent standard of maturity!
I am not sure about Rimu, a lovely and very popular timber which is
still harvested in quantity from the wild. It regrows pretty readily
from natural seeding, but probably would take something like 1 to 200
years to be worth harvesting again.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
