Paulownia ORIENTA®
Sponsor
Kindly sponsored by
David Ewins
Credits
Owen Johnson (2022)
Recommended citation
Johnson, O. (2022), 'Paulownia ORIENTA®' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Paulownia '9501'
- Paulownia ARCTIC®
- Paulownia BELLISSIA®
- Paulownia CAROLONIA®
- Paulownia catalpifolia
- Paulownia catalpifolia × fortunei
- Paulownia elongata
- Paulownia elongata × fortunei
- Paulownia fargesii
- Paulownia fortunei
- Paulownia fortunei × tomentosa
- Paulownia × henanensis
- Paulownia kawakamii
- Paulownia 'Pao Tong Z07'
- Paulownia PAULEMIA®
- Paulownia 'PW 105'
- Paulownia 'T121'
- Paulownia × taiwaniana
- Paulownia tomentosa
- Paulownia WALLACHIAPBR
A vigorous tree, capable of growing 4.5 m in a year, with exceptionally large leaves. Flowers pale pink flushed purple, with purple speckling in the throat. (Worldpaulownia.com 2022).
USDA Hardiness Zone 7
RHS Hardiness Rating H5
ORIENTA® is the first complex hybrid Paulownia to be aimed at the American horticultural market, rather than for forestry use (Worldpaulownia.com 2022). In the eastern states, P. tomentosa is increasingly notorious as an invasive weed, and its sale is illegal in Connecticut; sterile hybrids with similar floral characteristics are likely to replace the species for ornamental use.