Basisdaten
description:
This catalpa is native to North America and it blooms in summer. Catalpa have a wind damage risk in old age.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Catalpa speciosa
other name:
Western Catalpa
other name:
Hardy Catalpa
other name:
Cigar Tree
family:
Bignoniaceae
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 20 m (66 ft)
leaf:
The leaves are large, green and heart-shaped. The leaf margin is smooth. The veins are bright green. The petiole is long and the leaf arrangement is alternate.
leaf shape:
cordate
leaf margin:
smooth
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow
flowering:
July - August
blossom color:
white
blossom description:
The white flowers stand in panicles.
gender distribution:
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit:
Fruit capsule up to 40 cm (15,75 in) long, narrow, first green then dark brown pods.
bark:
The bark is smooth first later strongly borkig.
root:
heart-rooting
location:
sun
soil:
permeable and nutrient-rich soils
ph value:
slightly acidic to alkaline