i want some of these in my yard badly. i can not seem to grow the seeds
wanted empress tree seedlings
SURELY SOMEONE HAS ONE
i have been asking for this myself the last few days. i have some seeds coming i am gonna try.
good luck there are a few sites that i have found that sell plants. do a search for paulowina trees. thats the actual name to these but they have sub species so you need to know which one you want.
I just did a quick search on EBAY for Empress trees and got multiple auctions for both seeds and saplings.
Below is the best deal I found 4 trees for $17.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42353&item=2395000879&rd=1
These are offered for sale here at one of the local nurseries but they are larger sized. Too large to ship but I could ask the next time I'm there to see if they have them in smaller sizes.
Hi Janet,
I just found this thread. I have a few that I started from seed in January if you would like a couple I will share them with you, if you have not found one yet.
Bill
bill i would l0ove them thank you so much for your generosity. i just could not get the seeds to work. i have some seeds if you wqant them to try your hand at it again. wanta trade or sase or what. lmk, and thanks again
This message was edited Apr 25, 2004 4:15 PM
You are welcome Janet I have a few more than I need.
I have never sent live plants... What is the best way to send and pack them? LMK ank I will get them out to you for the postage.
Bill
bill I am sure jealous of you seed starting talents. I tried 3 different ways with a few seeds that I had purchased, and nothing I tried worked to get them started!
How did you start yours? I would really like to have one of these trees for the back corner of my yard and am wondering what I did wrong!
The seeds came from an ebay vendor so I suppose it may have been the seeds but I rather doubt it, I am still such an amateur about seed starting that it was probably me.
Thanks for any info that you can give me.
Alice
Hello Alice,
I did not have much trouble starting them. Here is how I started mine. I soaked them in hot tap water, let them stay there for 48 hours. Then put them in a folded coffee filter then into a zip lock bag. Then I put the bag under a shop light that is on a timer for 16 hours a day. most germinated in about 15 days. After germination I put them into six packs for about one month then into the cups that they are in now.
Bill
Thanks for the hints! I will try again with the method that you used and see if I have better luck.
Alice