Its large, heart-shaped leaves are pretty and velvety to ... One of the arguments is that large plantations of royal empress paulownia trees are creating a vast seed bank of this highly invasive ...

There aren’t any leaves yet, just these flowers. A. Those lovely flowers belong to the Royal Paulownia tree, sometimes called princess tree or empress tree. Known botanically as Paulownia tomentosa, ...

A. The ‘Royal Empress’ is a fast-growing, brittle tree with big, messy leaves. The tree will grow around New York City. I would not plant it here. Q. Why are the leaves of my desert rose ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Royal Paulownia is a native of China where it is revered as a tree and ...

commonly called Empress Tree or Royal Paulownia. When it is a young tree it pops up like a Jack-in-the-box and grows like a beanstalk. It's like a Jack-in-the-beanstalk, with huge leaves.