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Paulownia kawakamii is a fast growing medium sized deciduous tree to 25-35 feet tall from Taiwan and southern China. It has enourmous heart-shaped 5 lobed leaves that are softly hairy on both surfaces. The large round flower buds form in the fall and are held are conspicuously on naked branches until they emerge just prior to the leaves in the spring. The pale lilac blue flowers are 1-2 inches wide in long terminal panicles. Hardy into USDA zone 6. Plant in full sun in most any soil. Prune while young to desired form after which little attention is needed. Although Paulownia is considered a deep rooted tree that generally does not lift pavement, it will seek out sewer and leach lines so placement of the tree by at least 20 feet away from sewer lines isì recomended.
Paulonia, named in honor of Anna Paulonia an eighteenth-century princess of the Netherlands, is a genus of 17 deciduous Asian trees in the Bignonia family (Bignoniaceae). The most common of the Paulownia, P. tomentosa or Empress Tree, is
unknown in its natural habitat yet has escaped cultivation to become naturalized from New York to Georgia.
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