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Northern Catalpa Family:
Bignonia (Bignoniaceae) Grows 40 to 60 feet tall, with a narrow, open,
irregularly rounded crown and spreading branches. Bark is brownish-gray
becoming ridged with age. It has large, heart-shaped leaves and large
pyramid-shaped clusters of fragrant, showy, white flowers. Flowers are
large, over 2" long, white with orange stripes and purple spots and
stripes inside. The long, bean-like seed pods are 8" to 18" long, turn
brown and persist through the winter.
It is native to the mid-West but it has been widely planted in urban areas as a street tree and lawn tree as it grows in moist low spots or dry areas with poor soils. |
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