The royal paulownia or empress tree is a fast-growing shade tree. (Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) One of the trees that brings me questions every year is one that has some extremely ...

A. Those lovely flowers belong to the Royal Paulownia tree, sometimes called princess tree or empress tree. Known botanically as Paulownia tomentosa, this species is native to China but the large, ...

Living The Princess Tree has a Royal Pedigree hiding a Dark Side (Harvey Cotten) Published: May. 30, 2013, 2:08 p.m. By Harvey Cotten, Huntsville Botanical Garden ...

You can tell this tree is very special right away, from just its name. The plant's pedigree and regal names include Empress Tree, Kiri Tree, Sapphire Princess, Royal Paulownia, Princess Tree, and ...

and that it grew larger than the coast redwood. That tree turned out to be blue gum eucalyptus. The royal empress tree, a.k.a. Princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa) is, in fact, an amazing tree.

A The plant is a deciduous shade tree, Paulownia tomentosa, 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.

Empress tree, Royal Paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa): We see this tree in many, many pictures submitted for identification. When young, it has huge leaves. It grows rapidly as a young tree.