Paulownia tomentosa

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Paulownia tomentosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Paulownia tomentosa, Steud. (P. imperialis, Sieb. & Zucc.). Fig. 2776. Tree, to 40 ft., with stout spreading branches forming a round or ovate head : Ivs. rather long-petioled, broadly cordate-ovate, entire or sometimes 3-lobed, acuminate, pubescent above, tomentose beneath, 5-8 in. long or on vigorous shoots even larger: panicles to 10 in. long; fls. fragrant, pale violet, lJi-2 in. long; pedicels and calyx densely rusty tomentose; calyx- lobes short, rounded: caps, woody, broadly ovoid, pointed, 1 in. or somewhat longer. April, Mav. Cent. China, cult, in Japan. S.Z. 1:10. B.M. 4666. P.M. 10:7. Gn. 34, p. 79; 54, p. 476; 60, p. 130. G.C. III. 48:277; 51:430, 431. S.I.F. 1:85. H.U. 4, p. 102. R.H. 1907, p.378. G. 35:769. Mn. 7, p. 171.—It is some- times escaped from cult, in the southern states. Var. pallida, Schneid. (P. imperialis var. pallida, Dode). Fis. pale or whitish violet: lvs. dull green above. Var. lanàta, Schneid. (P. imperialis var. lanàta, Dode). Lvs. more densely yellowish tomentose beneath: calyx more tomentose with longer acutish lobes. Cent. China. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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