Hi all, I am currently doing a design and wanting to identify this tree... Pic taken in June in NZ (winter), climate temperate/mediterranean. Thanks in advance
Paulowonias Don't know why I can't see the pic. Paulowonias are a fast-growing tree, very light wood, but they are hollow in the middle when they are young.1 to 3 years. Then the hole in the center starts "healing up" Benjy136
Thanks guys, I read that it's nitrogen fixing and the timber makes great surfboards too! But won't be cutting this one down... luckily it's deciduous as it is on the north side of the site of a food forest I'm designing for a kindi.
I presume you are in the Northern Hemisphere, as in Oz, it's position would create a lot of shade on the "food forest". You should be advised that the tree is invasive, inasmuch as it will put forth others of it's kind from spreading (they really travel) roots. If it were cut down, also, it would grow back from the stump. I am continually mowing down new paulownia trees in my front lawn . Benjy