Wow! when I clicked on the video I dont know why i just assumed this was in the USA from the thumbnail as I never knew we could get that much growth in the UK, let alone in the north of Scotland! amazing tree I will be buying one this year cant wait to see it size up!
I was also surprised as it usually likes a much hotter summer than what I get in north Scotland. I have added a lot of fertiliser and compost to the bed that its growing in to help it as much as possible, it would be much smaller in poor soil. Just make sure you either have the space for a large tree or cut it back every year to keep it under control as it will grow extremely fast in the right conditions.
I grow Paulownias in North Central Victoria, Australia. I cultivate potatoes in the shade of my Paulownia trees and I have noticed that digging around the base of my Paulownias causes them to sucker and this is a good way to easily acquire new trees for transplanting. It is interesting to see how they are growing in Scotland, you are doing well to get them going there!
Sounds like a good use for them in your climate, here shade is less useful as we have cool summers and weaker sunshine. Do their roots take up a lot of water from the top soil? So far my tree doesn't seem to be drying out the soil around it so I'm hoping its getting most of its water from deep down, but it is still a small tree. So fare I've found that for it to grow well in my climate it needs a very rich soil with lots of organic matter and feed, in poorer soils it really struggles.
@@Gardeningat58N Because they are a pioneer species and have a large taproot, they don't use as much water as you might think! They store water in their taproot when it rains and in a dry climate, this sees them through until the next time that it rains! Also, they don't lose as much water as you might think through those massive leaves because they have an unusual kind of metabolism, called C4 metabolism. To cut a long story short, most plants have a C3 metabolism, which means they photosynthesize when the sun shines. Because CO2 is necessary for photosynthesis, this means the plant has to open its pores to photosynthesize. They also lose some water (vapour) during photosynthesis and this is why you sometimes see plants wilting on a hot day. Paulownias and other C4 plants have figured out a way around this, they have their photosynthesis cycle split into two halves, the half that requires light and the half that requires CO2. They do the light dependent reactions during the day and open their pores at night to do the CO2 dependent reactions. This drastically cuts their water consumption and enables them to have those huge leaves, even in a baking hot climate such as Australia! Also, because they are legumes, they actually add nutrition to the soil. My Paulownias didn't do much for the first few years, but this year, we have had a wet summer and they have taken off! Perhaps if my soil was richer, they would have grown more quickly, or if I fertilized them with compost, but they seem to be doing well enough, now. I pruned my Paulownias the other day and have turned the prunings into about 60 cuttings that I am striking in moist river sand. It seems as if they are going to take, most of them are green shoots and yet they haven't wilted, which is always a good sign! I'll leave them in this propagation bed and transplant them to their permanent positions next Autumn, when they have gone dormant for the year. I hope all this info helps you, God Bless!
Question, please. It is said that this tree, due to its rapid growth, depletes the soil’s nutrients and makes the soil unsuitable for agriculture. I see you talking about planting potatoes in the spaces between the trees, taking advantage of the shade of the trees. Can you provide some information?
Great update! The one in the ground definitely lived up to the hype of the fastest growing tree and looks very nicely situated in your garden. I sowed some this year after I spotted this tree in my local London park and took a seed pod home. I followed the instructions on your vid and the seeds germinated really well! Not sure of the variety but the tree was medium sized and not too tall that I couldn’t reach up and take the seeds. They are all in pots now and looking like your spring picture of the one in the ground and about a foot tall. However they have all lost their leaves so early, by late September. They all went a horrible yellow colour before they fell off so I’m worried it won’t bounce back next year. But anyway thank you for all the updates, been interesting to follow!
Thanks, It sounds like your tree is probably Paulownia fortunei, although it could also be paulownia tomentosa. Your trees should be ok, I find my pot grown trees loose their leaves earlier and Paulownia trees usually loose their leaves in autumn when they are green or a little yellow so I wouldn't worry. Just make sure the soil in the pots is not too wet over winter as paulownia doesn't like wet soil over winter.
I'm expecting some truly exceptional growth this year. I will make an update once it reaches it's full height at the end of the summer, although it might feature in some of my other videos before then.
Question, please. It is said that this tree, due to its rapid growth, depletes the soil’s nutrients and makes the soil unsuitable for agriculture. I see you talking about planting potatoes in the spaces between the trees, taking advantage of the shade of the trees. Can you provide some information?
It’s a 70ft tree with a root system 45ft deep. Highly invasive…be prepared to get complaints from neighbors when it seeds everywhere. Seeds are small and abundant. It’s on the list of most hated plants so beware…
Hi could you give me some advise, I brought a small plant last year and put it in the ground this month, it started to show leaves but now dropped off not sure what I have done wrong any help would be much appreciated 👍
Yes, they survived -11c last winter with just a little damage to the stems. You can grow them in pots, but they grow much slower as you can see from the difference between my plants still in their pots and the one in the ground. If you want your plants to still get a decent size make sure its a big pot.
@@Gardeningat58N thanks for that! I have seen videos where suckering has been an issue but maybe that’s just in warmer areas! Well worth a try for the price of a packet of seeds! My usual seed supplier has the tomentosa variety which may not be as fast growing as your hybrid.
@@gartmorn the suckering is usually a problem with tomentosa, unfortunately that species can be invasive as it self seeds easily and can sucker in the right climate or if the roots are damaged. If you can get fortunei, it's a little less hardy, however hardy enough for most of the UK, and it grows faster and isn't invasive. There are also some hybrids that can be grown from seeds.
I'm wondering if mine might be dead. The trunk was about 1.5 inches in diameter and I cut it down at the base. This year I haven't seen any new growth at all. When I dig around the roots they don't look dead, but it also appears to be doing absolutely nothing despite it being almost June - and I'm in the south of England. Has your plant started growing this year?
Mine started to form shoots about two weeks ago, it has currently grown about 5cm of new stem. When did you cut yours back, they take a while to form the new shoots. I think I cut mine back in February. They are late to shoot compared to most trees, but unless you cut yours back very recently I would expect some shoots to be starting to form by now. I would wait though, it should be fine as they usually very hard to kill.
@@Gardeningat58N Thanks. I had cut it back in February too, down to about 15cm of stump. I then cut it back fully to the ground a few days ago as I noticed all of the above ground growth had no green cambium when using a fingernail to look beneath the outer bark. When digging around the roots, they look alive, so I can only think it aborted all of the above ground growth due to it still being young-ish and there being a very cold winter. I'll leave it for another couple of weeks and if I see nothing I'll replace it then. I don't know about you but I'm just so impatient. Just the fact that it hasn't shooted yet has me itching to rip it out and put a new one in, though I know that would be silly 😂
Hi, I would like to plant a paulownia tree in the front garden. It will be about 9 meters from the house. I am worried it will lift the monoblock from the driveway. Is this a possibility?
im not planting one because i cant find anywhere i dont have 10m to a house these grow very big and tall, and its not just the fear of it falling down on the buildings it is best the leaves fall in your own garden, they produce some very large leaves. (bigger then a A4 piece of paper and the tree have room for many leaves and flowers) they ´mess more then most other tree´s, when they drops their leaves. its a shame couse when they bloom its a very pretty tree, that you also can enjoy from far away some of the people next door to me also have flat roof, to collect the leafs. i might block their drains, if it is not cleaned every year with a tree like that. shade is also something to considder, these things can block the sun from a big tall house.. i would block a couple of people more or less of from the sun, in my case.. and most people needs sun to produce power, these days i also have a hill on one side and to the houses down the hill, it could block their whole garden of from the sun
Wow! when I clicked on the video I dont know why i just assumed this was in the USA from the thumbnail as I never knew we could get that much growth in the UK, let alone in the north of Scotland! amazing tree I will be buying one this year cant wait to see it size up!
I was also surprised as it usually likes a much hotter summer than what I get in north Scotland. I have added a lot of fertiliser and compost to the bed that its growing in to help it as much as possible, it would be much smaller in poor soil. Just make sure you either have the space for a large tree or cut it back every year to keep it under control as it will grow extremely fast in the right conditions.
I grow Paulownias in North Central Victoria, Australia. I cultivate potatoes in the shade of my Paulownia trees and I have noticed that digging around the base of my Paulownias causes them to sucker and this is a good way to easily acquire new trees for transplanting.
It is interesting to see how they are growing in Scotland, you are doing well to get them going there!
Sounds like a good use for them in your climate, here shade is less useful as we have cool summers and weaker sunshine. Do their roots take up a lot of water from the top soil? So far my tree doesn't seem to be drying out the soil around it so I'm hoping its getting most of its water from deep down, but it is still a small tree. So fare I've found that for it to grow well in my climate it needs a very rich soil with lots of organic matter and feed, in poorer soils it really struggles.
@@Gardeningat58N Because they are a pioneer species and have a large taproot, they don't use as much water as you might think! They store water in their taproot when it rains and in a dry climate, this sees them through until the next time that it rains!
Also, they don't lose as much water as you might think through those massive leaves because they have an unusual kind of metabolism, called C4 metabolism. To cut a long story short, most plants have a C3 metabolism, which means they photosynthesize when the sun shines. Because CO2 is necessary for photosynthesis, this means the plant has to open its pores to photosynthesize. They also lose some water (vapour) during photosynthesis and this is why you sometimes see plants wilting on a hot day. Paulownias and other C4 plants have figured out a way around this, they have their photosynthesis cycle split into two halves, the half that requires light and the half that requires CO2. They do the light dependent reactions during the day and open their pores at night to do the CO2 dependent reactions. This drastically cuts their water consumption and enables them to have those huge leaves, even in a baking hot climate such as Australia! Also, because they are legumes, they actually add nutrition to the soil. My Paulownias didn't do much for the first few years, but this year, we have had a wet summer and they have taken off! Perhaps if my soil was richer, they would have grown more quickly, or if I fertilized them with compost, but they seem to be doing well enough, now. I pruned my Paulownias the other day and have turned the prunings into about 60 cuttings that I am striking in moist river sand. It seems as if they are going to take, most of them are green shoots and yet they haven't wilted, which is always a good sign! I'll leave them in this propagation bed and transplant them to their permanent positions next Autumn, when they have gone dormant for the year.
I hope all this info helps you,
God Bless!
Question, please. It is said that this tree, due to its rapid growth, depletes the soil’s nutrients and makes the soil unsuitable for agriculture. I see you talking about planting potatoes in the spaces between the trees, taking advantage of the shade of the trees. Can you provide some information?
Great update! The one in the ground definitely lived up to the hype of the fastest growing tree and looks very nicely situated in your garden. I sowed some this year after I spotted this tree in my local London park and took a seed pod home. I followed the instructions on your vid and the seeds germinated really well! Not sure of the variety but the tree was medium sized and not too tall that I couldn’t reach up and take the seeds. They are all in pots now and looking like your spring picture of the one in the ground and about a foot tall. However they have all lost their leaves so early, by late September. They all went a horrible yellow colour before they fell off so I’m worried it won’t bounce back next year. But anyway thank you for all the updates, been interesting to follow!
Thanks, It sounds like your tree is probably Paulownia fortunei, although it could also be paulownia tomentosa. Your trees should be ok, I find my pot grown trees loose their leaves earlier and Paulownia trees usually loose their leaves in autumn when they are green or a little yellow so I wouldn't worry. Just make sure the soil in the pots is not too wet over winter as paulownia doesn't like wet soil over winter.
Can't wait to see this tree in 2023
I'm expecting some truly exceptional growth this year. I will make an update once it reaches it's full height at the end of the summer, although it might feature in some of my other videos before then.
Question, please. It is said that this tree, due to its rapid growth, depletes the soil’s nutrients and makes the soil unsuitable for agriculture. I see you talking about planting potatoes in the spaces between the trees, taking advantage of the shade of the trees. Can you provide some information?
The root system looks very strong! How far from the house or buildings should they be planted? Thanks!
It’s a 70ft tree with a root system 45ft deep. Highly invasive…be prepared to get complaints from neighbors when it seeds everywhere. Seeds are small and abundant. It’s on the list of most hated plants so beware…
@@thedivide3688 I've been growing two of them in Idaho for the last 13 years and have not had one sucker from the roots or seed coming up.
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Hi could you give me some advise, I brought a small plant last year and put it in the ground this month, it started to show leaves but now dropped off not sure what I have done wrong any help would be much appreciated 👍
Very interesting
Did you overwinter them outdoors in the pots? I’d like to try them but would want to keep them in pots to restrict the size!
Yes, they survived -11c last winter with just a little damage to the stems. You can grow them in pots, but they grow much slower as you can see from the difference between my plants still in their pots and the one in the ground. If you want your plants to still get a decent size make sure its a big pot.
@@Gardeningat58N thanks for that! I have seen videos where suckering has been an issue but maybe that’s just in warmer areas! Well worth a try for the price of a packet of seeds! My usual seed supplier has the tomentosa variety which may not be as fast growing as your hybrid.
@@gartmorn the suckering is usually a problem with tomentosa, unfortunately that species can be invasive as it self seeds easily and can sucker in the right climate or if the roots are damaged. If you can get fortunei, it's a little less hardy, however hardy enough for most of the UK, and it grows faster and isn't invasive. There are also some hybrids that can be grown from seeds.
I'm wondering if mine might be dead. The trunk was about 1.5 inches in diameter and I cut it down at the base. This year I haven't seen any new growth at all. When I dig around the roots they don't look dead, but it also appears to be doing absolutely nothing despite it being almost June - and I'm in the south of England. Has your plant started growing this year?
Mine started to form shoots about two weeks ago, it has currently grown about 5cm of new stem. When did you cut yours back, they take a while to form the new shoots. I think I cut mine back in February. They are late to shoot compared to most trees, but unless you cut yours back very recently I would expect some shoots to be starting to form by now. I would wait though, it should be fine as they usually very hard to kill.
@@Gardeningat58N Thanks. I had cut it back in February too, down to about 15cm of stump. I then cut it back fully to the ground a few days ago as I noticed all of the above ground growth had no green cambium when using a fingernail to look beneath the outer bark. When digging around the roots, they look alive, so I can only think it aborted all of the above ground growth due to it still being young-ish and there being a very cold winter. I'll leave it for another couple of weeks and if I see nothing I'll replace it then. I don't know about you but I'm just so impatient. Just the fact that it hasn't shooted yet has me itching to rip it out and put a new one in, though I know that would be silly 😂
can they survive waterlogged conditions?
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Hi, I would like to plant a paulownia tree in the front garden. It will be about 9 meters from the house. I am worried it will lift the monoblock from the driveway. Is this a possibility?
im not planting one because i cant find anywhere i dont have 10m to a house
these grow very big and tall, and its not just the fear of it falling down on the buildings
it is best the leaves fall in your own garden, they produce some very large leaves. (bigger then a A4 piece of paper and the tree have room for many leaves and flowers)
they ´mess more then most other tree´s, when they drops their leaves.
its a shame couse when they bloom its a very pretty tree, that you also can enjoy from far away
some of the people next door to me also have flat roof, to collect the leafs.
i might block their drains, if it is not cleaned every year with a tree like that.
shade is also something to considder, these things can block the sun from a big tall house..
i would block a couple of people more or less of from the sun, in my case..
and most people needs sun to produce power, these days
i also have a hill on one side and to the houses down the hill, it could block their whole garden of from the sun
Can this tree survive -30 C winter time, please?
Yes, some varieties can survive down to -33C, but you have to make sure its the right variety of Paulownia as most are not this hardy.
Thank you
Any update for 2023?
I will film one in the next few days, so I will probably have an update video in a few weeks time.
Ours has grown to 20ft in 3 years
Its amazing how quickly they grow.
Need another update
any update on this?
Not yet, I'll make an update in a few weeks once it's growth slows down, its still growing very quickly at the moment as we are having a heatwave.
Paulownia is a tree thats meant to live fast die young and make a big impact
You are gonna regret planting that Paulownia tree…😅
I'll be keeping a close eye on it, its not Paulownia tomentosa so it shouldn't root sucker much and I plan to coppice it each year to keep it small.
where you got the seeds?
Namuzona, its a Lithuanian company.
@@Gardeningat58N I ordered on weekend, they are little bit slow...