>A lot of people hate them though, for the same reason outlined in the article: you can't kill them. Many consider them weeds.
I reread the article and I see no mention of it?
I reread the article and I see no mention of it?
http://www.tsusinvasives.org/home/database/paulownia-tomento...
>...its ability to sprout prolifically from adventitious buds on stems and roots allows it to survive fire, cutting and even bulldozing in construction areas; making it difficult to remove from established areas.
>...
> Cutting or girdling trees with power or manual saws are effective at preventing seed production, but an herbicide treatment is necessary following cutting since Paulownia readily re-sprouts. Hand pulling may be effective for young seedlings. Plants should be pulled as soon as they are large enough to grasp. Seedlings are best pulled after a rain when the soil is loose. The entire root must be removed since broken fragments may re-sprout. Cutting or pulling is the preferred mechanical treatments of the Paulownia tormentosa; do not use fire because this species is able to survive fire and then quickly proliferates and out-competes native tree species post-fire.
Seems like a recipe for an invasive plant (much like those awful pear trees the were used for landscaping)
[1] I dug up the article https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/how-we-tur...
> "After the first year of growth, trees are cut down to the stump, the rest sold for timber. This process, called coppicing, promotes bigger and straighter growth the following year."