Up for sale Cigar-tree also knows as Catalpa-tree, Bean-tree, Indian bean-tree. Bare root (roots wrapped in wet media), no leaves. Plant is 1 year old about 12 inches tall give or take. USDA Hardiness Zones 4 - 8. Exposure Full Sun to Full Shade. Resilient to Salinity of the soil.

 

This handsome tree has leaves that are large, heart-shaped, opposite or disposed in whorls of 3. The flowers appear in June and July, and are produced in large, showy, terminal, compound panicles. The corollas are about an inch long, white, tinged with purple, and studded with orange spots in the tubes. The fruit is a slender, 2-celled capsule, about 1 foot long, 1/4 of an inch thick, and hangs suspended until spring. The seeds are numerous and winged.

 

This tree is a native of the southern United States, but is cultivated as an ornamental tree and frequently naturalized in the northern states. It belongs to the natural order Bignoniaceae, and, except a western states species, the Catalpa speciosa of Warder, is the only indigenous species of Catalpa, although others are found in Asia and the West Indies. The tree is called "cigar-tree," or "bean-tree," names derived from the slender fruit. The fruit and seeds have also been used.

 

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