With its huge heart-shaped leaves, showy spring flowers and long seed pods, the catalpa tree adds serious wow factor to any backyard. It makes a lovely shade tree for the middle of a lawn, but it can ...

Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...

There is a very unusual tree blooming along North Main Street in Salisbury. It has very long cascading blooms with very large leaves. This rather unique tree is a catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides). It is ...

Catalpas are irregularly shaped trees shrouded in deeply ridged, coarse gray bark. These quirky trees grow quickly and can easily reach heights of 40-70 feet tall. Their rapid growth rate and ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The Catalpa tree's name (Catalpa sp.) made it into English and Latin via ...

JOHN PATRICK: The Indian Bean Tree -Catalpa bignonioides- is probably too large for the average garden and yet, here's a really good way of growing it that makes it suitable for even a relatively ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: Can you identify this tree with long, pencil-shaped pods? The tree has beautiful bloom in late spring. — Bill, Monrovia Dear Reader: The tree in question is the common catalpa, Catalpa ...

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Looking for a hardy native tree that is anything but boring? Catalpa trees are known for their knockout flowers and distinctive, green bean-shaped seedpods. Having previously fallen out of fashion ...