About
This cultivar produces clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers in a soft pink hue, featuring distinctive brown and orange markings within the throats. Following the flowering period, it develops elongated, bean-like seed pods. In spring, the large, simple leaves exhibit a bronze tint, enhancing their visual appeal. The tree grows into a rounded shape, reaching heights of up to 8 meters.
About the genus
Catalpa are broad-spreading deciduous trees characterized by their large, attractive leaves and upright clusters of bell-shaped flowers that appear in late summer. After flowering, they produce elongated, slender seed pods that remain on the tree.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, North-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Trees
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 8-12 metres
- Spread
- 4-8 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural
- Native to
- W China
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a moist but well-drained, fertile soil in sun or part shade. Shelter from strong winds as these may shred the large leaves. Protect from late spring frosts when young
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1, or pruning group 7 when grown as a stooled shrub for foliage effect
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings in summer or chip budding in late summer
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to verticillium wilt and rarely, honey fungus