![]() Native to eastern China and Taiwan, Chinese Tallow Tree is a deciduous tree that is cultivated for its seeds, which are used to make stillingia oil, which is a drying agent used in paints and varnishes. For more information, you can read Clemson Cooperative Extension Home Garden & Information Center’s profile on bald cypress. Avoid using fertilizer for the first two years, but between the ages of 2 and 10, feed bald cypress a high-nitrogen, slow-release tree fertilizer every year in the spring. For optimal growth, plant in acidic soil with lots of compost mixed in just prior to planting. Bald cypress trees grow two to three feet per year until they reach heights of 60 to 80 feet. Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)īald Cypress trees grow naturally in the southeastern United States, especially in swampy areas, but they will adapt to the conditions where they are planted across USDA hardiness zones five through ten. For more information, you can read the North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox profile. Birds are attracted to Basswoods because of they like to forage its seeds and enjoy building shelters in lindens because of their massive size, and convenient food source. In June, it produces sweet-smelling flowers. Native to Illinois, the American Linden is a shade tree with heart-shaped leaves. The American linden or American Basswood tree grows one to two feet per year and can grow as large as 60 to 80 feet tall with a 30 to 60 foot wingspan. American Linden/American Basswood (Tilia americana) These include Eucalyptus, Leucaena, Paulownia and Populus. The other trees in the running for world’s fastest growing tree species are primarily made up of the tropical trees which are commonly cultivated on short rotation plantations specifically because of their speedy growing habits. Whenever they get around to harvesting the timber, all they have to do is simply toss a few seeds into the ground and they will have a renewable harvest that they can depend on every year, or every twelve years, depending on their cycle. Plus, if you wait a good while before you harvest them, they can grow up to 118 feet over the course of 12 years. No wonder the people in southeastern Asia use this fast growing behemoth for timber, imagine the amount of wood you get from just one 35 foot tree, let alone a row or two of them. That’s a massive tree that just soars into the air like a skyscraper and was only a seedling just over a year ago. Moluccan albizia have been known to grow as much as 35 feet in 13 months. The fastest growing tree in the world, according to Guinness World Records, is the Moluccan albizia ( Falcataria moluccana) which is the most common tinder tree species in southeast Asia.
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