Royal empress trees

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lvn4HIM Owego, NY Apr 28, 2010

I planted 4 royal empress trees 3 years ago and cannot get these supposed giants to grow.I've called back the company where I bought them and they tell me every spring to cut them down to start over, they do and 2 of them were over 10' by the end of last summer. But nothing is budding again. Anybody have any experience with these??

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Apr 28, 2010

Maybe it's a good thing as the royal empress tree is considered to be an invasive weedy tree in many areas including New York....


http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/pato1.htm

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/391/

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/printree.shtml

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imzadi Jackson, SC(Zone 8a) Apr 28, 2010

sent you dmail. mine forms its buds in the winter time.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 28, 2010

What zone are you in? Much of NY is cold enough (zone 5/6) that they're likely to die back every winter which will prevent them from ever becoming a tree.

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imzadi Jackson, SC(Zone 8a) Apr 28, 2010

if you cut it down each year you are cutting of the blooms as they form during winter.

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