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40-50 ft. |
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30-40 ft. |
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Full or Partial |
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Adaptable |
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Good |
"It grew 18 feet the first season!"
I wouldn’t have believed it, had I not seen my father-in-law plant the Empress Tree months earlier.
My in-laws are farmers and definitely know what they’re doing… but I still had to grow one in my yard.
We had a spot where I wanted to block the afternoon sun and provide a little privacy between us and our neighbor.
I planted our Royal Empress Tree late in the season, so I knew it wouldn’t grow much before going dormant. Still, it reached about 6 feet.
My Father-in-law wasn’t impressed. He said “cut it down and you’ll really see a show”. “But I’ll lose all this growth”, I replied. “No you won’t” he said, “you’ll get it back in a few weeks, just watch”. He took a saw and cut it flat to the ground.
He was right… this tree is indestructible… it shot out of the ground in spring and grew 15 feet that year, then reached 25 feet the next year. It was like watching Jack and the Beanstalk.
You could measure its growth daily. My 6 year old was out there almost every day staring at it. Two of my neighbors thought it was so beautiful that they each planted an Empress Tree of their own. I've even had professional landscapers stop and ask me where they can find them.
It’s an entertaining tree year-round. In the winter its branches are covered with furry, pea sized buds, just waiting to burst into huge flowers. At the first sign of spring, the tree explodes with purple blooms. Cars slow down to look at it. The fragrance is incredible… it’s like a cross between gardenia and jasmine.
When summer comes, the tree forms a dense canopy that can drastically cut your power bills. The leaves are huge, measuring about a foot wide. They’re almost tropical looking. When they drop in the fall, it’s an easy clean up... not like my Oaks that scatter tens of thousands of tiny leaves.
Plus, bigger leaves mean fewer branches, so you get more sunlight and natural heat coming through in the winter when you need it most.
Best of all, this is a flowering tree you don’t have to baby. It grows almost everywhere, from Mexico to Canada, preferring zones 5-11. It has no significant insect or disease problems… tolerates drought…and grows in almost any kind of soil, even toxic ones. It's a hardwood tree that lives to an old age.
You can also feel good that you’re planting one of the most environmentally beneficial trees in the world. Your Empress Tree will have large leaves that act as giant air filters, pulling pollution out of the air at a remarkable rate… turning it into wood, then releasing high amounts of beneficial oxygen.
This year’s Empress Trees are in short supply. Recent publicity and recommendations from TV shows like Oprah have fueled demand.
Just beware that not all Empress Trees are the same. Some nurseries use wild seed that doesn't grow as quickly. Others use growth inhibitors to keep their trees smaller for shipping. This can stay in the tree for several months, giving you disappointing results.
Fast Growing Trees Nursery uses proven stock that's faster growing, hardier and better formed... ready for explosive growth.
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Reviewed by Swati in Chicago, IL on 6/30/2009:
I have never purchased trees online, but I thought I'd give Fast Growing Trees Nursery a shot because I fell in love with the empress tree. My tree arrived quickly, and was superbly packaged (WOW!!!!). I was very impressed by the quality of the tree, and planted it according to the instructions they included right away. My tree was not the stick some people received, but a small trunk with a half dozen leaves. Because of my success with this tree and this company, I will be placing more orders with them this year. I really enjoyed doing business with them and would recommend them highly. (I cannot comment on the tree's growth, as I just received it a week or so ago. However I can tell you it has adapted nicely to the sucky clay soil and hot then cold and sometimes windy Chicago weather we have here.)
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Reviewed by Ms. Krissy in Killen, TX on 6/29/2009:
I got my 6" tree 2 years ago. It grew about a foot the first year, then I chopped it to the ground. The next season it came back as 2 trees, and a couple of little green leaves, so I chopped it down again. This season.. I have an 11 foot tree, filled with big leaves, and got purple flowers at the very beginning of the season, that lasted maybe a week. I'm hoping next season, I get more flowers, and they stay on for awhile. I get so many compliments on my tree, all my neighbors laughed at me, when I had my lil plant in the middle of my front lawn...but I'm the one laughing now. :) I love my tree!
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Reviewed by Skylar in Olathe, KS on 6/17/2009:
I just had a storm at my house a few days ago with winds in excess of 90-110 MPH! Lots of large trees were damaged and houses were blown apart. But miraculously though our empress tree is going strong! This is a tree that survived hurricane conditions without a problem. I love the tree, it is FABULOUS!
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Reviewed by Diana in Luka, MS on 6/17/2009:
Bought my tree in february, and it is now June and over 5 ft 8 in tall!
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Reviewed by VJ in Bossier City, LA on 6/16/2009:
I live in Bossier City, Louisiana, and the sun is unbearable in the summer. I needed shade in my back yard so I planted two empress trees. This was two years ago. Now they are both 20 feet tall and about 15 feet wide and provide plenty of shade. I don't have to rake thousands of leaves like my neighbors do for their shade trees. The leaves are so big that I just pick them up by hand as they drop in the fall. The other plants in my yard benefit front the shade also and grow much better. I am dreading the day I get military orders to another base and have to leave my trees behind, but I will definitely remember to purchase them for my next home, wherever it may be.
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Reviewed by Steve in NY on 6/15/2009:
The Royal Empress is quite the Tree, the first year she grew nicely to almost 10 feet, but we cut her to the ground . Well, this spring she sent up 4 new shoots, so we cut out the weakest of the lot and low and behold, the tree is growing at a phenomenal rate, in six weeks she is now 4 feet and beautiful again. One odd thing, the stick we cut down was thrown in back of the barn and left there as waste, but when I went to the back to throw it in the trash I notices buds growing out of the dead wood!!! Or so I thought it was dead. Anyway, I cut up pieces and planted them, YES, I now have three more trees in the making, The Empress is one super survivor, and fun to grow! I get many oohs and ahhhs!
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Reviewed by Jennifer in Austin, TX on 6/15/2009:
We got our empress tree in the mail and planted it right away. Our
Boston Terrier puppy chewed it to the ground three times and each time it
came back. It started growing very fast and we decided it move it. I told my husband that we would
transplant it in the fall. I came home one day in AUGUST and he had dug up
the tree and moved it to the choice location. I just knew it was going to
die this time. I've never had any tree that had been so abused! It
survived the move. When spring came, purple blooms burst from pods on the top
of the tree. It's about 15 feet tall now. We love our indestructible royal empress
tree!!!!
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Reviewed by Skylar in Olathe, KS on 6/10/2009:
On Earth Day this year, I was looking up a great tree to buy, one that would grow really fast. So I found the Empress Tree and loved it. We got it exactly one month later, May 22. It was packaged beautifully in its little pot. We now moved it into a bigger pot on our deck and it will stay there until I plant it on Independance Day.
Every few days there is a new set of leaves bigger than the last. I love my little tree, I saw a picture of one twice as tall as a human that was only two months old! The tree is surviving well in my windy Olathe Kansas Climate!
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Reviewed by Jan in Central TX on 6/9/2009:
I bought a Royal Empress tree last March. Planted it, and my son stepped on it and broke it off at the ground. I thought it was a goner, so I dug it up and replaced it. I had only the roots and about 1/2 inch of stick left, but I replanted it in another area of my yard, if it didn't grow no big deal.... Well, in about 2 weeks it was already 6-8 inches again.... So now, 14 months later....I have a tree that is over 25 foot tall, 10 - 12 ft wide... It had purple flowers on it back in the spring... I do agree that this is the fastest growing tree!!! I love my tree!!!!!
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Reviewed by Henny in Redding, CA on 6/8/2009:
Never have I had a tree like the Royal Empress. Six months later it's over 8 feet tall and growing by the day, we can actually see it grow. Our neighbors really do ask us about it. It is truly an amazing tree. One I will have to order again.
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Reviewed by Shane in Panama City, FL on 5/31/2009:
I bought these late in the growing season last year. I had heard to plant trees in the colder months. It was bitter cold last winter and the trees died...or so I thought. At the first sign of spring I had brand new tree stalks right beside the old ones. They grew taller than when the old ones in just a week. I have two. One is in bad soil and one is in good soil. You can almost tell no difference between them. Best money I have ever spent.
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Reviewed by Lana in NW Missouri on 4/3/2009:
What a fantastic tree. I bought my royal empress tree about a year ago. I put it in a pot first for a few weeks then planted it in the front
yard. Within weeks it was over 4 feet tall. My tree was about 8 feet tall when my
husband used a stump killing product on a stump that was about 5 feet away from
the new tree, and the tree died. I cut it down, but then decided to throw some plant
food on it. Well, that tree started to produce new leaves within a few weeks and
is now almost 12 feet tall! The neighbors are amazed at how fast the
tree grows and the leaves are huge, and soft. Wonderful!!!!!
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Reviewed by Lana in NW Missouri on 4/3/2009:
My trees arrived today and I'm very happy with how they look. I was expecting the little infamous sticks, but instead I got 2 tiny beanstalks. I am very happy with how well it was packaged - almost too well! The instructions seem pretty clear and easy to follow. After purchasing this tree, I tried to do a little research on the development stages of the tree with little luck.
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Reviewed by Daniel on 11/12/2008:
I purchased a Royal Empress, 2 Hybrid Poplars, & an Autumn Ash last fall and must say they are growing fast and beautiful. As many, I was skeptical of buying trees online but figured I would give it a shot! To my amazement the trees flourished in their 1st season of growing, some growing taller than trees I had planted 2 years ago! I definitely recommend these flowering trees to anyone looking for quality specimens of trees and plants that really do grow as fast as they say!
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Reviewed by Justin on 11/12/2008:
I used the Royal Empress Tree as a kind of climate control tree offering shade to the house in the summer, but allowing the sun to come through in the winter. It's grown an astounding 6 feet this season and that's beyond amazing for two reasons, first because my soil here is so poor and second because most people told me that these trees should not even survive up in the rocky mountains at all. The versatility and vigor of this Royal Empress Tree is incredible.
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Reviewed by John from Hew Hope, PA on 10/27/2008:
Ok, my empress tree has gone from 12 inches to 12 feet in just one season. I bet my neighbor a case of my favorite beverage that it would be taller than him (6'5") in a year and I won. it didn't flower yet and the leaves are a bit awkward looking as it matures (elephant looking) but it generates a ton of discussion so far and for that I have enjoyed it. It is simply a marvel and young kids are amazed as it literally passes them in a few months. I look forward to the flowers soon. Nice product.
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Reviewed by Trenda on 10/27/2008:
I’m desparate for some shade in the backyard–and you know how patient I am.
Well, our tree has been the source of lots of laughs and jokes this summer. It’s supposed to grow 8-15 feet in the first year I say (with some skepticism in my voice). When it arrived, it was a stick. Literally a stick about 6 inches tall with some roots in a bag–not really what I was expecting. But we enthusiastically followed the directions, watered and put a cage around it.
Now, it’s fall and it has lost it’s leaves and has returned to its “stick” status–only now the stick is about 5 feet tall!
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Reviewed by Cheryl on 10/7/2008:
I went through hurricane Ike. My Royal Empress Tree was 18 inches when I planted it. I protected the best possible from the hurricane. The flowering tree did wonderful, unfortuntely the saturated ground drowned it. It literally drowned to nothing. I dug it up, planted it in a pot, and cut it down to the ground. I did this only a week ago. The tree is growing back and is already about 6 inches! It'd never have believed it if I hadn't have tried it myself. This tree is truly indistructible!
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Reviewed by Louis on 10/6/2008:
I bought 4 royal empress trees and planted them in my backyard in 2006. Let me tell you last year we had a hard freeze and I thought the tree was dead. I cut it down to the ground but this past spring it grew so fast and its now almost 20 feet tall, wow!
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Reviewed by Travis on 10/6/2008:
I've seen this tree do wonders... I've gotten a Royal Empress Tree for each of my family members. I got one for my sister, one for my parents, two for my brother in Florida, and 6 for my oldest brother (to line his driveway with).
The oldest one is no more than 5 years old, and they're all easily over 25 feet tall. My brother lined his driveway with these trees... in the spring, when you walk around his yard, you're greeted with sweet fragrances from the flowers. A lot of people think these trees are invasive, but out of all the Empress Trees I bought from Fast Growing Trees, I haven't seen any invasive activity. No one in my family has had any problems with their trees.
Beautiful flowers, too! One of my favorite flowering trees.
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Reviewed by Gary on 10/4/2008:
The Empress Tree is one ormamental tree that I am hoping will be a real show-stopper beginning what will be its 4th year of growth next spring. This summer it grew from a height of 6 ft. to 25 ft. so next spring so I am crossing my fingers for tons of blooms.
What I have admired from the start was its large fanning, palm-like leaves which give a rather tropical look (which I love) accenting my evergreen windmill palm trees that are rather slow growing but also hearty in non-tropical enviroments, both adding to a rather unexpeted mystial tropical charm to my Washington, DC home. (I find people slowing down to admire the 'show' as they drive by, and some even taking pictures.) I cant help but to reccomend both, but the Empress Tree is a must have in itself.
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Reviewed by Melissa on 9/30/2008:
This flowering tree has beautiful blooms that make my home stand out. An old couple was passing by and asked about them. My neighbors have been talking about these flowers for weeks.
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Reviewed by Marie on 9/11/2008:
We live in Las Vegas, NV and wanted something that would give us some fast shade for our front yard. Our choice needed to be drought and sun tolerant as it often reaches 105 and hotter on most summer days. We did some research and then ordered the Royal Empress (princess tree). We to received the much talked about 'stick'. We planted it in spring of 2007. It did not do much so we cut it to the ground in spring of 2008. It took 4 weeks to start growing again but seemed to grow at least an inch every day after that. It is now early September and our Royal Empress is every bit of 12 ft., maybe as tall as 15 ft. This tree is amazing. I hope we get flowers soon!!
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Reviewed by Mike on 9/10/2008:
I maintain a softball complex that was built over an old landfill. I purchased 5 of your Empress trees 2 1/2 years ago to plant because of lack of shade. The soil is bad to say the least but as of today the trees are about 14 feet tall with huge leaves. No flowers yet but keeping my fingers crossed. I am sure the poor soil is hindering the growth but I am still very happy with the progress of the trees. Planning on buying 5 more.
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Reviewed by Mike on 8/31/2008:
My Royal Empress has grown about 6 feet since I planted it in June.
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Reviewed by Cheryl on 8/26/2008:
I fell for the reviews and HAD to try it. Let me tell you, the reviews are all right!
This tree came in a box, looked dead, (enclosed info and instructions are awesome). I couldn't plant it right away. Planted it in a pot and within weeks, this tree was 3 - 4 feet high!! I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't try it on my own. You GOTTA try it!
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Reviewed by Michael on 8/25/2008:
I have read the reviews posted on this page I have one thing to say... there is no way these trees grow just a little bit. I planted my tree in first of may and it is 10 feet tall it has had fertilize once a month. When I water this tree it grows over night.
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Reviewed by Deborah on 8/24/2008:
I got three of these trees from a neighbor and It really grows as fast as they say.
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