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 ...

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 ...

There was one northern catalpa tree in my neighborhood when I was a child. I didn’t know what it was, but I loved that tree. In June, it had clusters of large bell-shaped, ruffled white flowers with ...

Question: I have noticed a tree with large leaves that is flowering right now. What is it? Answer: The tree is northern Catalpa. Catalpa is an interesting tree that is related to Trumpet Creeper and ...

There’s a catalpa tree seeding that I’ve been watching for a few years now. It sprouted up on its own from seed right along the edge of a flower garden in a spot where it wasn’t bothering neighboring ...

Continuing with our series on blooming trees, the Northern Catalpa speciosa is an interesting, mostly deciduous and beautiful tree with gorgeous blooms in spring. In some areas, the large leaves can ...

Have you ever heard of a “fence-post tree"? Also known as Indian bean tree, cigar tree, catawba, or caterpillar tree, Catalpa is a large tree with showy white, fragrant flowers, massive heart-shaped ...

Q. How can I start a catalpa tree from seed? I have one with lots of seeds but can't get them to grow in a pot or in the outdoors. I have tried freezing the seeds but nothing comes up. My son would ...

Question: There is some type of caterpillar eating all the leaves of my Catalpa tree. What is the recommended course of action? Answer: At this time of year, there are several large, varied-color ...

They line both sides of the Palace Green and bloom each spring into a magnificient sea of white and purple flowers. Planted in the same spot where their predecessors grew more than 260 years ago, the ...