Facelikeapotato to Nature and Gardening@beehaw.org • 1 year agoDoes anyone else have favourite trees?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
arrow-up160arrow-down1imageDoes anyone else have favourite trees?lemmy.mlFacelikeapotato to Nature and Gardening@beehaw.org • 1 year agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareMechanismaticlinkfedilink4•1 year agoEmpress Tree. Paulownia tomentosa It has fragrant purple flowers shaped like fox glove that bloom and fall April and May.
minus-square@alp@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink2•1 year agoHorrible invasive around my area, it’s huge leaves soak up sun and it’s crazy fast growing outcompetes natives :(
minus-squareMechanismaticlinkfedilink3•1 year agoYeah, it can be controversial. Best not to plant it near a foundation. There are few in a mostly empty field near where I live and another few in a park where the trees are spread out.
minus-squareFacelikeapotatoOPlinkfedilink2•1 year agoThat sounds beautiful, there were a lot of Jacarandas where I grew up in Australia, they have lovely purple flowers too.
Empress Tree. Paulownia tomentosa
It has fragrant purple flowers shaped like fox glove that bloom and fall April and May.
Horrible invasive around my area, it’s huge leaves soak up sun and it’s crazy fast growing outcompetes natives :(
Yeah, it can be controversial. Best not to plant it near a foundation. There are few in a mostly empty field near where I live and another few in a park where the trees are spread out.
That sounds beautiful, there were a lot of Jacarandas where I grew up in Australia, they have lovely purple flowers too.