Foxglove (Empress) Tree
Paulownia tomentosa
Location: Lady Jane’s Wood LJW03
Medium-sized, extremely fast growing, broadleaf tree. Large leaves and dry fruit containing seeds. Notable for its fragrant, lilac, foxglove-like flowers, produced before leaves in spring. In China, only an empress could have one on her grave.
Natural range: W China
First introduced: 1838
Tree Location Areas
- All Trees (41)
- Labelled Trees (6)
- Champion Trees (1)
- Aviary Path (4)
- Belvedere (1)
- Birch Grove (2)
- Diana Paths (1)
- Herb Garden (1)
- Iris Beds (1)
- Italian Garden (3)
- Keir Garden (4)
- Lady Jane’s Wood (6)
- Main Lawn Right (4)
- Maple Avenue (1)
- Mediterranean Garden (3)
- Old Herbaceous Border (2)
- Pond (2)
- Sorb Avenue (1)
- Sunken Garden (1)
- Tennis Court Garden (3)
- Valley Path (1)
