Fast growing trees, Paulownia trees #homestead

[SoFrank]

My childhood home had one! My dad chopped off all the big branches one year leaving only the trunk, and it grew back to full glory only 6 months after.

[richardalan]

I recall reading something along the lines of the wood being used to build dowry chests, too, and that it was a big significance in the name.

[outsider]

"this is empress paulownia"
Actually thats an uncanny AI generated picture. It gets freakier the more you zoom in on the limbs.

[Arborist]

To clarify, after a tree has developed a strong root structure, a decade is likely viable.
it can be coppiced. Removing the leader at ground level, allowing the new growth in the base of the tree every year.
Then after about 10 years it may be relatively viable as timber.

[Ray-svzi]

Forgot to mention that it is an incredibly invasive plant that can destroy your houses foundation in a few short years

[Z-Z-W_origin]

🤔
So... it was very popular to plant a Paulownia tree when you had a child because it was timber ready when they were ... getting married, and needed timber to build a house.
Next sentence: Paulownia trees can be timber ready in 10 years.
Hmm. That math doesn't work well in modern culture. 😅

[nathandickeson]

USEFUL TREES is the name of my new book. l cover almost 200 trees in many different climates. The hardcover, paperback, and ebook are all now available on Amazon

[NoodleswithADHD]

Its also an invasive species in many areas. My company gets paid a lot of money to remove these trees.

[brumbybailey]

Just don't plant it close to the house because when it flowers it's rather overpoweringly sweet and it brings all the nectar birds who are very noisy.

[johnharrop]

Australian gum trees grow just as fast where I live

[benjamincampbell]

There invasive where I live in Michigan

[mikemosc]

so in the end is it a useful tree for timber or does it have all of those other issues??

[rzznakhvonvoraath]

I am so cooked I read that as "fattest hardwood"

[jameshatton]

These look a lot like an Australian Jacaranda tree? Which has very crappy soft weak timber lol

[jeffbybee]

Btw the princess name came from princess eugina

[chestertheblack]

Im assuming they didn't give it thay name. That name is not Chinese.

[seanconley]

This tree is terrible! It's insanely invasive and really hard to kill