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Bob Hobden
May 21, 2013, 6:07:54 PM5/21/13
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Driving through Twickenham yesterday and near the Green there was a
Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge leaves but
maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room. It's obviously
taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and survived well.
-- Regards
Bob Hobden
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from the W.of London. UK
Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge leaves but
maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room. It's obviously
taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and survived well.
-- Regards
Bob Hobden
Posting to this Newsgroup
from the W.of London. UK
Sacha
May 21, 2013, 6:22:14 PM5/21/13
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leaves they go for. We don't know if that's true but it does show
they're tougher than one might suppose, if this is the case.
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Sacha
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Charlie Pridham
May 22, 2013, 5:13:33 AM5/22/13
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"Bob Hobden" <Bo...@invalid.com> wrote in message
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someone (me) planted a large bamboo too close and in high winds it whacks
the flower buds off over winter!!
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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
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Sacha
May 22, 2013, 6:33:56 AM5/22/13
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On 2013-05-22 10:13:33 +0100, Charlie Pridham said:
> "Bob Hobden" <Bo...@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:b029hq...@mid.individual.net...
>> Driving through Twickenham yesterday and near the Green there was a
>> Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
>> Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
>> Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge
>> leaves but maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room.
>> It's obviously taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and
>> survived well.
>>
>> -- Regards
>> Bob Hobden
>> Posting to this Newsgroup
>> from the W.of London. UK
>>
>>
> Mine is having a really good year this year, only problem we ever have
> is someone (me) planted a large bamboo too close and in high winds it
> whacks the flower buds off over winter!!
Ours died quite a few years ago and we keep talking about planting
> "Bob Hobden" <Bo...@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:b029hq...@mid.individual.net...
>> Driving through Twickenham yesterday and near the Green there was a
>> Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
>> Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
>> Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge
>> leaves but maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room.
>> It's obviously taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and
>> survived well.
>>
>> -- Regards
>> Bob Hobden
>> Posting to this Newsgroup
>> from the W.of London. UK
>>
>>
> Mine is having a really good year this year, only problem we ever have
> is someone (me) planted a large bamboo too close and in high winds it
> whacks the flower buds off over winter!!
another and never doing it. I've just thought of a place that might do
where an Embothrium died in a very cold spell a couple of years ago.
Must remember to talk to The Boss about it!
Emery Davis
May 22, 2013, 9:37:22 AM5/22/13
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On Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:56 +0100, Sacha wrote:
> On 2013-05-22 10:13:33 +0100, Charlie Pridham said:
>
>> "Bob Hobden" <Bo...@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:b029hq...@mid.individual.net...
>>> Driving through Twickenham yesterday and near the Green there was a
>>> Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
>>> Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
>>> Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge
>>> leaves but maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room.
>>> It's obviously taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and
>>> survived well.
As chance would have it, I took a sandwich to the gardens at Trocadero at
> On 2013-05-22 10:13:33 +0100, Charlie Pridham said:
>
>> "Bob Hobden" <Bo...@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:b029hq...@mid.individual.net...
>>> Driving through Twickenham yesterday and near the Green there was a
>>> Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
>>> Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
>>> Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge
>>> leaves but maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room.
>>> It's obviously taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and
>>> survived well.
lunchtime. The Paulownia (I think Imperialis) line the fountains and are
dotted through the gardens. They're in full bloom at the mo, fabulous,
there are some very large ones. I put a couple of pics (on the wife's
account) at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9158563@N04/with/8785370510/
telephone pics so the colours aren't very good, but they are lovely.
Interesting there are a number of newly planted ones, clearly they're
replacing as they go.
--
Gardening in Lower Normandy
Sacha
May 22, 2013, 10:05:02 AM5/22/13
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echinosum
May 22, 2013, 6:24:49 AM5/22/13
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Bob Hobden;983751 Wrote:
> Driving through Twickenham yesterday and near the Green there was a
> Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
> Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
> Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge leaves
> but
> maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room. It's obviously
>
> taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and survived well.
>
unless you have a vantage point from a raised location, or can get a
long way back from it.
There was a large Paulownia I knew at university in the 80s and it
flowered fine after the cold winter of 1981/2 when temps fell locally to
about -15C. Given its maturity if must have come through the cold
winters of the early 60s too.
It grows in a continental climate so it is used to cold winters. What
is good about it is that it flowers and grows well even in the cool
summers of Britain, whereas many trees from continental climates don't
do well unless you give them a hot summer, however winter hardy they may
be.
--
echinosum
Bob Hobden
May 22, 2013, 11:44:05 AM5/22/13
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"Sacha" wrote
>
>Emery Davis said:
Park and had my camera with me this time. Saw three other ones in flower
today Sunbury way but none as big as this one.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhobden/8780518969/in/set-72157633575934049/
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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>
>Emery Davis said:
>
>> Sacha wrote:
>>
>>> Charlie Pridham said:
>>>
>>>> "Bob Hobden" wrote
>> Sacha wrote:
>>
>>> Charlie Pridham said:
>>>
>>>>> Driving through Twickenham yesterday and near the Green there was a
>>>>> Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
>>>>> Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
>>>>> Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge
>>>>> leaves but maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room.
>>>>> It's obviously taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and
>>>>> survived well.
>>
>> As chance would have it, I took a sandwich to the gardens at Trocadero at
>> lunchtime. The Paulownia (I think Imperialis) line the fountains and are
>> dotted through the gardens. They're in full bloom at the mo, fabulous,
>> there are some very large ones. I put a couple of pics (on the wife's
>> account) at
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/9158563@N04/with/8785370510/
>>
>> telephone pics so the colours aren't very good, but they are lovely.
>> Interesting there are a number of newly planted ones, clearly they're
>> replacing as they go.
>
>Fabulous trees & the pics give a good idea of what mature ones look like.
>
Drove past again today coming back from the Isabella Plantation in Richmond
>>>>> Paulownia in perfect full flower, my wife exclaimed " that can't be a
>>>>> Jacaranda", but it did look that good.
>>>>> Most gardeners seem to coppice them annually so they get the huge
>>>>> leaves but maybe it's better to let them grow if you have the room.
>>>>> It's obviously taken what the last few winters have thrown at it and
>>>>> survived well.
>>
>> As chance would have it, I took a sandwich to the gardens at Trocadero at
>> lunchtime. The Paulownia (I think Imperialis) line the fountains and are
>> dotted through the gardens. They're in full bloom at the mo, fabulous,
>> there are some very large ones. I put a couple of pics (on the wife's
>> account) at
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/9158563@N04/with/8785370510/
>>
>> telephone pics so the colours aren't very good, but they are lovely.
>> Interesting there are a number of newly planted ones, clearly they're
>> replacing as they go.
>
>Fabulous trees & the pics give a good idea of what mature ones look like.
>
Park and had my camera with me this time. Saw three other ones in flower
today Sunbury way but none as big as this one.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhobden/8780518969/in/set-72157633575934049/
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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Sacha
May 23, 2013, 1:54:36 AM5/23/13
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