One of the trees that brings me questions every year is one that has some extremely positive and extremely negative points. It's the royal paulownia, also known as the empress tree. The royal ...

A. The ‘Royal Empress’ is a fast-growing, brittle tree with big, messy leaves. The tree will grow around New York City. I would not plant it here. Q. Why are the leaves of my desert rose rotting and ...

Areader from the San Luis Obispo area sent me a colorful advertisement that proclaimed, "The Royal Empress Zooms To A Flowering, Scented, Shade Tree In Just One Season!!!" and asked whether the "Royal ...

Q Our daughter and family moved into a house in Bentonville. This plant is growing next to the house. We have not been able to identify it. Could you help? A The plant is a deciduous shade tree, ...