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Indian Bean Tree is a medium sized deciduous tree from the eastern USA. Its leaves are up to 20 cm long and it has attractive white flowers with yellow and purple markings, frequented by bees. The fruiting capsules/bean pods are around 30cm long and 4 to 8 mm wide and remain well after the leaves have dropped in autumn. If pollarded every other year, the leaves grow huge, but can then be shattered by heavy rain.
flower pic courtesy of Le. Loup.Gris. Multi-license with GFDL and CC-BY-SA
Catalpa bignoniodes
Common name: Indian Bean Tree.
Native: Eastern USA.
Provenance: Germany
Size and spread (10 years): 5m x 5m
Treatment required: Not dormant.
Seeds / kg: c.61,800 46% viable
Ideal sowing period: Spring
Soil conditions: All well drained soils but not on exposed sites.
Planting instructions: A good specimen or parkland tree
Mature height: 15m x 12m
| Weight | 5.00 g |
|---|---|
| Genus | Catalpa |
| Size | Seed Pack (approx 300 seeds) |
| Family | Bignoniaceae |
| Flowering Month | July |
| Colour | purple, white |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Life Cycle | tree |
| Evergreen | deciduous |
| Interest | flowers, fruit |
| Requires | shelter, sun |
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