Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As soon as the British drought began to unwind, gardeners were hit with a ban on hosepipes. Why is there not a ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Royal Paulownia is a native of China where it is revered as a tree and loved ...

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Although I haven't seen a paulownia for years, I vividly remember one that bordered a path along which I used to jog when I lived further south, in Maryland. The tree caught my ...

A favourite tree of mine, Paulownia tomentosa, is now in flower. Latin names are much easier to remember if there's a story to go with them, and this plant is a good one. It was named after Anna ...

Q: Would an Empress tree be good to make shade for my grandchildren while playing outside? Is there another tree you would recommend? — Lois Collins, email A: Empress tree, aka Princess tree, ...

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