Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioidesSouthern Catalpa is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 40–60 ft tall and 40 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms white in mid spring. Good for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
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The facts
6 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 40–60 ft
- Spread
- 40 ft
- Bloom
- Mid Spring · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on moist, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
68 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.