Foxglove Tree

Paulownia tomentosa

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	6-9 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	15.0
Cultivation details
Layer	Tall trees
Growth	Fast
1000 Seed Weight (g)	0.2
Uses
Utility	Fire starter, Lumber, Fragrance
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers, Leaves
Warning	Weed potential, Toxic, weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Princesstree, empress tree, royal paulownia
Taxonomy
Family	Scrophulariaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Korea, Manchuria
Introduced into	Alabama, Arkansas, Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Italy, Japan, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Romania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:13:18 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:48:11 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Leaves can be theoretically eaten cooked but not recommended. The whole tree is toxic.

Fast growing tree which became popular as “climate tree”.

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