Foxglove Tree ( Paulownia tomentosa )

Doodlebugger · 19-02-2021 11:49am #1

Hello All, anyone know where I can buy some of these. Have tried local garden centers to no avail. Thanks

looksee · 19-02-2021 4:49pm

Future Forests have them, but they show out of stock due to their system of only being on line for half an hour on Sunday evenings, so you have to be very quick. This is complicated by the fact that it is getting late in the season and they have had huge demand and probably supply issues, so they might in fact be out of stock. Its impossible to tell the difference.

It is quite likely that most places will be out of stock at this stage for the above reasons and the chances are you will just have to wait for next season.

Doodlebugger · 19-02-2021 4:54pm

Hello Looksee, Thanks for the info. I have seen the future Forests site and that they are out of stock.

So, when is the season please?

Bedouin79 · 19-02-2021 5:08pm

Doodlebugger wrote: »

Hello Looksee, Thanks for the info. I have seen the future Forests site and that they are out of stock.

So, when is the season please?[/quote

The future forest website is offline comes online Sunday evenings. Everything shows out of stock until then. Failing that give them an email they’ve been excellent in sourcing trees and plants for me.

Doodlebugger · 19-02-2021 5:15pm

Great, thank you all very much for the advice.

macraignil · 19-02-2021 6:24pm

When I got a small foxglove tree from future forests when they had a stall at a plant fare it was a small one in a pot so you might be able to get one like this outside of the normal tree planting season.

Doodlebugger · 19-02-2021 7:13pm

Thanks for that, I will see what they say.

aw · 19-02-2021 8:49pm

I was considering getting one of these from a local place here in Galway - Doonwood - but I read about their invasive roots.

Has anyone had any experience of that issue?

Doodlebugger · 20-02-2021 11:14am

Jeepers, I didn't realise this. Plenty of articles on line about it but will try to find specific info for Ireland.

https://invasivespeciesireland.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-post-to-pdf-enhanced-cache/1/amber-list-potential.pdf

SparrowHawk · 20-02-2021 11:18am

Ordered mine from papervaletrees.com. Delivered in about two days well packaged.

Thud · 20-02-2021 2:06pm

I've been reading up about these, there are non invasive varieties available that don't sucker as much. the seeds are also unlikely germinate in our climate as the as they need high temperatures.
There is a German variety called Nordmax21 which has been developed for carbon capture and biomass as they grow very quickly. Can't find any seller that will deliver here though.

Foxglove Tree ( Paulownia tomentosa )

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