On May 15, 10:13 pm, Sacha <sa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 15/5/08 19:27, in article
> 41a57f9c-dafc-4065-9f32-49a935ea4...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Judith in
>
> France" <judith.le...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > We went out to supper last night and parked in a town square. There
> > was a tree, about the size of a mature Acacia with the most beautiful
> > pale lavender coloured flowers, the smell was exotic. I could see
> > some seeds on the tree which looked like nuts, I couldn't reach the
> > lower branches to pick one to try and grow it on so I threw some
> > pebbles but missed every time. I brought a flower home that has
> > fallen on the ground and Edward took a pic, can anyone identify it.
> > It is on on my hand so that you can get an idea of scale. I will post
> > this in another group also.
> >http://i29.tinypic.com/35hpgcn.jpg
>
> > Judith
>
> Paulownia tomentosa, Judith - I'm pretty sure. It's aka the foxglove
tree.
> It sets buds in winter. I sent some seeds to a previous urgler in
Normandy
> and she grew so many that she swapped them for a load of plants with her
> local nursery.
> Was it without leaves at the moment because Paulownias flower on bare
> stems/trunks?
> Someone told Ray that they're grown as street trees in Moscow but mainly
for
> the leaves because, if they're stooled, they produce enormous and
attractive
> leaves in climates where they wouldn't produce flowers. I *think* I'm
> correct in saying that in some parts of USA they're grown as a crop for
> their wood.
> --
> Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> South Devon
> 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
> children.'
I've Googled it - yes, that is exactly what it is, thank you and
Jeff. Now, short of taking a stepladder there, how can I get some
seeds?
Judith
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