Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Small tree suggestions, 1 by passiflora_pink

passiflora_pink wrote:
Catalpa does produce seeds. There is a current posting on "trees and shrubs" on Catalpa you may want to review. Mine are too small but I may be able to get some when the trees I photographed produce seedpods. They are at the entrance to a housing development. I don't think anyone would mind.

Franklinia is hard to grow. In fact, mine died. It needs acid soil...There are other good posts from people knowledgable about Franklinia you ought to read using the "search" feature on DG. I would like to get another and would jump at the chance if someone offered me one.

You'll need to train the Purple Smoke to look like the one I sent as they have multi trunks unless you prune it. But it is indeed a beautiful tree that stays "in bounds" size-wise. Here is a pic of my young goldenchain which I really don't recommend because I have had to spray it due to insect problems: