Seeds and Things Royal Purple Empress Tree Seeds-paulownia Tomentosa-100+seeds
The Royal Empress Tree grows rapidly from seed. The huge leaves are an architectural delight and in warm summers, they are coupled with many panicles of fragrant, foxglove-like blooms. It is native to China and hardy to zone 5 USA. It can grow 10 to 15 feet a year. The lumber is valued for use as cabinet wood.Food Source Benefits: Leaves great for tea, flowers tasty & beautiful addition in salad. Bees and Butterfly love Paulownia - good for honey production and pollination. Leaves 18-20% protein and high in nitrogen - excellent animal fodder or fertilizer. Plant History: There is truly only one way of showing a Paulownia tree, and that is as a specimen planting in a lawn. Its beauty can then be viewed from all round and the tree easily accessed during summer when the racemes of flowers will emit a rich scent.