It's commonly called the Empress Tree or the Foxglove Tree. This specimen should be called Paulownia tormentosa because it's been whacked on to accommodate the power lines. So it goes.
Trees tend to get in the way of streets, houses, sewers and all of the other benefits of modern civilization. When there not in the way of progress, they block the view, like the giant Money Puzzle that obscured the full frontal nudity of the Court House.
But better butchered than gone.
This is my first post in the Trees of Port Townsend series. Eventually they will all be on a Google Maps, with descriptions and growing information.
