Empress Tree

Mark Viette discusses the Empress Tree, a beautiful purple flowering tree found along highways.

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[1966ahotstinker4u]

@TheBrassHole Are you people all left wing nutjobs? Let people grow whatever tree they desire and shut up. This is America.

[JuneCleaverInCorset]

" I always see this tree sometimes..."  Huh?

[ArtisanTony]

I attached a video. Can you watch it and see if I am correctly identifying this tree. It seems to be different from the one you have shown here but from my research it is the only species I can find that is similar. Thanks!

[watmonki]

Survival of the fittest. If this tree is capable of sustaining its own kind, I say let it be. Its not like it'll conquer the world & declare itself the fourth reich. 10-50 years from now these invasive trees will still be naturally checked by mother nature herself, & thats absolutely true. Paulowina is nothing compared to Bamboo & yet Bamboo hasnt exactly taken over the world now either. Perhaps you should all stop crying about it & let the damn tree have a forest. Or do u love pine trees only

[012365]

hmm

[TheBrassHole]

Tell that to the farmers here that can't control them. They are getting out of hand and costing every one alot of money outside thier native range. I watched them take over 40 acres in 4 years. Sterile my ass.

[cobraopts7]

you do know that these are sterile trees and cant breed at all

[TheBrassHole]

They are so invasive that the one's you threw out could have taken hold and started another colony to spread further to take out our forests and land. They dump seeds out in the air in the 100s of thousands. The only way to get rid of them is to burn them, but even that may not be enough.

[trnot]

quick dollar. quick shade shit hole. i through the bag of em out the car window along I-70 2 months ago

[TheBrassHole]

You know damn well these are invasive and destroying our environment. Stop jeopardizing our future ecosystem just for some quick dollars you ass hole.