Are you familiar with the Princess Tree, Paulownia tomentosa?  

 

You’ve probably seen them around;  they grow like weeds.  They are big, and have big heart shaped leaves.  And when they bloom in the spring, the flowers are strikingly purple, standing up above the leaves, in big clusters.  That’s when they are prettiest.  Well, this last spring we had an untimely freeze, and the Princess trees didn’t bloom at all.  

 

That’s why I got so excited when I saw this tree.  It is in the neighborhood, on Stonebriar near Clifford’s hill.  And it has set flower buds:  see the brownish buds standing up above the leaves?  Hopefully they will bloom next May.  I will show you again.

 

 

FINGERS CROSSED!!!