Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
Northern catalpa is a fast-growing shade tree with bold heart-shaped leaves, large showy white flowers, and dangling cigar-like seed pods. Tough and adaptable; host to the catalpa sphinx moth.
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 40–60 ft
- Spacing
- 20–40 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV