Bloom Time
Jun, Jul, Aug, Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Trees, Native Plant, Tree, Tree to 10 m tall with rounded crown.
Lifespan
Woody, Perennial
Plant Height
36-72 ft.
Flower
flowers later than C. speciosa and has more purple color, 6-12 in. panicle of white, bell-shaped flowers with two rows and ridges of yellow spots and numerous purple spots in early summer., Large, showy, several in a large cluster.
Fruit
Fruit narrowly cylindrical, up to 40 cm long, ridged., Capsules long and slender, up to 18 inches long, up to 1/2 inch broad, containing many seeds; seeds in pairs, winged, with a tuft of hair at the tip of each wing.
The tree is cultivated as an ornamental but has long since escaped cultivation.
Hummingbirds
Order
Scrophulariales
Family
Bignoniaceae
Genus
Catalpa
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