Broad leaf plant - Ask Extension
This broad leaf plant comes up every year. Have never seen a bloom. About 4-5 ft. high and wide.
What is it?
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Broad leaf plant #658305
Asked June 30, 2020, 6:46 PM EDT
This broad leaf plant comes up every year. Have never seen a bloom. About 4-5 ft. high and wide.
What is it?
Harford County Maryland
Expert Response
This looks like a sapling Empress Tree (Paulownia tomentosa), an invasive tree from China. Flowers won't appear for years, given its age. It probably was introduced to North America as a timber source, as its wood is valued in Asia.
https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/2783
https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/paulownia-empress-or-princess-tree
https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/invasive-tree-control
It should be removed - cutting it down a few times may be easier than trying to get all of its roots out.
Miri
https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/2783
https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/paulownia-empress-or-princess-tree
https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/invasive-tree-control
It should be removed - cutting it down a few times may be easier than trying to get all of its roots out.
Miri
