NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Although I haven't seen a paulownia for years, I vividly remember one that bordered a path along which I used to jog when I lived further south, in Maryland. The tree caught my ...

One of the trees that brings me questions every year is one that has some extremely positive and extremely negative points. It's the royal paulownia, also known as the empress tree. The royal ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Paulownia tomentosa has had marvelous press on the Internet. Several ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As soon as the British drought began to unwind, gardeners were hit with a ban on hosepipes. Why is there not a ...

Paulownia produces its flower buds in summer for the following year, overwintering as brown, fuzzy buds, and blooming early in spring before the leaves break. In much of northern Indiana, Paulownia ...

Surfboards are usually made from toxic, non-biodegradable petrochemical products Wooden surfboards are making a resurgence as a sustainable alternative "Green" surfboards need the support of ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Royal Paulownia is a native of China where it is revered as a tree and loved ...