Royal Empress Tree

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People have stopped in their cars and while walking by to ask me what the hell I'm growing on my curb. This is a first year (5 month old Royal Empress) which appears to be a giant beanstalk reaching to the sky and certainly does not appear to be a tree. However, in it's 2nd year the large leaves will fall and the trunk will turn woodsy. This is the fastest growing shade tree you can grow. So far it's been a joy watching the rapid progress. This sterile variety will not spread like rapid fire.

I'm a baking and gardening enthusiast. I make silly movies that will never be relevant but pleases me all the same. I tend to say things that make people look at me like "whaaaaa?" I get it from my mother and she gets it from her father. Tradition is nice.

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