Paulownia

[welwell]

Hello fellows arborists

Short and sweet

Can you Pollard a Paulownia

Thanks

[Mozza]

You can pollard owt once mate!!

[welwell]

Great advice Mozza cheers

Can't say over the years that I've worked on many of these, maybe the odd bit of crown cleaning etc etc, but now't so hard as a pollard, is this because wrong spec wrong species???

[Mozza]

Sorry i couldnt actually help you mate, Ive never seen one big enough to pollard to be honest, the couple ive come across have only been mere shrubs pal!

[welwell]

No worries mate. I always appreciate a little tongue in cheek action!!!

[Tom D]

There are loads of them in France and they'll pollard anything. TBH all the ones i have seen done (which was most of them) have taken it very well.

[David oakman]

Yes you can a lot of nursarys sell them pollarded this is because you get giant leaves and that is what some people want not the flowers, our ones here we do not get many flowers as they get hit by frost:001_smile:

[Beezy]

I cant imagine the re-growth unions would be particularly strong, due to the weight of the huge leaves, plus as said above, never really seen a biggie, they are usually always spanked hard at ground level every year, as they grow like stink and you get the funky big leaves.

 

so i guess if regularly pollarded, may be a goer?

 

sorry, not a great deal of help there really! but my few pence worth anyway. good luck.