Texas Gardening: catalpa tree...................what's up with this?, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
My son Ben and I see these in sets all across town... He will spot them and identify..."There's a Catalpa Tree, mom!". I noticed that when you see one, you will see at least 2 more in the same area, unless they were cut down.

I love the color and the shape of the leaves and the foot-long pods in late Summer. This one is in my nieces back 40 in Oklahoma. Some of them here were dreadfully effected by the drought this year and got really washed out looking. :-

This one @ DNs house, is about 45-50' tall. This is the top part of it that rises high above all the other trees..