I don’t think the pics in the article show a fully grown tree. According to the Wiki picture, this thing is an absolute unit (for a 8-10 year old plant): https:

I don’t think the pics in the article show a fully grown tree. According to the Wiki picture, this thing is an absolute unit (for a 8-10 year old plant): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia_tomentosa#/media/File%3APaulownia_tomentosa_JPG2a.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia_tomentosa#/media/F...