I have one of these( I think) in my veggie garden. It’s over 4feet now and that was after I cut some down a few weeks ago. There are no flowers though like I’ve read in other posts.

Also resembles a tree growing wild in the Marietta area. Similar to pawlonia, but without the presence. Leaves appear more lobbed than pawlonia.

I’ve got one of these in my back yard in Georgia. Thanks for naming it; looks just like the one in the picture. Went dormant during the winter but came back big this summer.

I think you may actually have a velvet weed “Abutilon theophrasti” on your hands. The leaves look pretty similar to the paulownia that is mentioned above but it is missing the fine serrations that is has. I spent many days of my youth chopping them out of the fields in Illinois on my parents farm. Look for yellow flowers to form or break off on of the branches – it should snap easily and be hollow like a drinking straw as well. N

Paulownia* Sorry about the misspelling! 🙂

A pawlonia, sometimes known as empress tree. A pretty insidious invasive in Georgia.