| Scientific Name: | Catalpa bignonioides |
| Common Name: | southern catalpa |
| Family Name: | Bignoniaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Open |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Whorled, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, White, Yellow, Violet, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves whorled or opposite, ovate, 10-20cm long x 8-18 cm wide, margins entire, underside slightly pubescent mainly near veins; flowers white with yellow and purple-brown spots, large, and showy "panicles". Winter ID: opened brown capsules 20-30cm long x 6-8 mm wide (seeds narrower with ends more tapered with fewer but longer hairs than western catalpa), buds globular, flattened, 1-2mm wide; leaf scars concave, circular, 2-3 per node with many bundle scars arranged in a ring. | |