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Does anyone have a empress tree growing on their property? How fast did they grow? I purchased a couple of them in the fall and they are in dormacy right now. I will plant them in the spring.

2/6/2006 10:21:49 PM

sevierville, Tn

they grow all around here by themselves. 10+ feet from nonething in poor places, 15-20 feet in good areas.

2/8/2006 12:06:56 AM

Ca

I have heard they can be a real nuisance in the south east. I wish I could get some empress tree seeds. The trees are just about immpossible to find here. The trees I bought cost me a fortune for little 3 inch trees. I want to grow a bunch of them to help filter out the dust from my road in the summer.

2/8/2006 3:41:02 PM

sevierville, Tn

Wish i could help, but i don't have any seed. Maybe try ebay, if its sold it will be there.

2/8/2006 10:06:26 PM

Ca

No problemo, thanks anyways. Actually, I finally found some seeds at www.horizonherbs.com 200 seeds for $2.85 per packet. So I purchased two packets of seeds. Not sure what their germination rate will be, but it sure beats paying 25 bucks for a 3 inch tree.

2/9/2006 12:58:24 AM

Ca

Well my empress trees have been growing about a month now. I planted 3 seeds per cell. I must have about 140-200 little trees growing. They are about 1/2 inch tall. I guess it takes them about 10 weeks before they can be planted. If I plant all of these trees and they all grow I'm going to have a real tree plantation. I also have two root cuttings I bought growing they are now about 6 inches tall. They should get to 10-15 feet by July or Aug.

4/4/2006 10:32:26 PM