Paulownia tomentosa grows a too well in zone 6 West Virginia. Keep it in check by planting a little Kudzu at the base of the tree.

Here is a link that might be useful: Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)

It is considered invasive in West Virginia.

Here is a link that might be useful: Invasive plant atlas

hostarookie,

You should only plant that tree if you're going to dedicate 20 hours a week to plucking its seedlings from your surrounding area.

You're not serious, right?

You're not serious, right?

Can't be.

Dan

See if you can order some live ambrosia beetles. They help the paulownias along real nice. Just put some pheromones on the trunk and apply the beetles to the trunk and watch your paulownia turn into a beautiful and valuable shade tree. This only works with royal empress trees tho so don't try it on anything else.