Botanical name: Catalpa speciosa
Family: Bignoniaceae
Click on images of Western Catalpa to enlarge.
A.K.A. northern catalpa, catawba tree, indian cigar tree, helicopter tree, hardy catalpa
- Native
- Deciduous
- 35-75 feet in height
- Up to 3′ in diameter
- Bark is furrowed
- Crown 25-45′ wide
- Huge heart-shaped, that grow late in the spring
- Has vibrant green leaves in the spring sometimes turning yellowish green to brown before they fall
- Big, beautiful flowers that appear in the late spring
- Whorled leaf arrangement with sunken leaf scars
- 3 scars per node on the twig
- Fruit is a long 8-14″ skinny pod that looks a lot like a legume and usually stays on well into winter
- Likes moist well drained soil and is fairly tolerate of drought
- Does well is many different types of soil
- Full to partial sun
- Zones 4-8
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- western catalpa Catalpa speciosa
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- Catalpa, Western
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- western catalpa flowers and leaves
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- Catalpa, Western ~ Pods
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- Catalpa, Western ~ Leaf
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- Catalpa ,Western ~ Flowers
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- Catalpa, Western ~ Bark