I can understand why they confiscated the Paulownia. Egads, what a mess those things make! Only one tree spawns 2,000,000 seeds, and the things grow like weeds and crowd out more desirable native plants.
Hey! I ordered some Paulownia trees online a couple of years ago from Atlanta. I live in the heat (-r) of Texas. They were seedlings. Now I have two large trees and one small one. Started with six, but had to transplant and remove some when we did some rearranging in the backyard.
The two originals are now well over 10 feet tall, have huge leaves, and are springing branches now. One transplant survived but is behind the other two in growth.
Tell me about the seedlings that spring up? I haven't seen any. I would love to have more.
btw, they were shipped regular mail and I had no trouble getting them.