Catalpas, also known as Cigar trees are medium-sized deciduous trees growing to 12-18 meters (39-59 ft) tall and they have large heart-shaped leaves.
They are planted as ornamental trees in parks and roadsides having trumpet shaped flowers, white with yellow stripes and purple spots inside. The flowers grow in panicles of 10-30.
In autumn they develop 20-50 centimeters (7.9-20 in) long bean pods, hence their nickname (Cigar tree). These fruits often stays attached to the tree during winter and even next year.
There are two species of catalpa, Southern Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides) and Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), which are very much alike but the northern species has slightly larger leaves, flowers, and bean pods.The flowers are very beautiful; here is a close-up of a catalpa flower:
9 comments:
Beautiful tree and flowers.
Costas
Very Beautiful, elegant flower
Thank You
Your blog is wonderful too :)
Have a nice evening
Håkan
Gorgeous, striking patterns on these flowers!
Beautiful blossoms on this tree - the detail on the petals is exquisite.
Those flowers are stunning and the last macro shot - magnificent.
Those flowers are gorgeous!
Maia I never realised how beautiful the flower was to this tree. I like its golden foliage too. Many years ago I decided that this tree wasn't for my garden but I never realised how beautiful the flowers would be.
Beatiful trees. In my region I saw them in Botanical Garden in Cracow.
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