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Seed of the Week: Catalpa Tree

Jan-5-2010 By Roberta

Ready to find out what the mystery seed of week 7 was?

It was the seed of the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa.

These trees have big, heart-shaped leaves.

They are often grown for their big showy flowers.

Here’s a better look:

I believe there are a few southern catalpas (Catalpa bignonioides) in Arizona, but the northern catalpas from the photographs above are from upstate New York and Pennsylvania.

We have a tree that belongs to the same family growing in our yard, but that will be for another time.

Posted in: Seed of the Week, Trees
2 COMMENTS
  1. Shirley Duke Said,

    I haven’t seen catalpas in years. We used to have them in Dallas, but I haven’t seen them in so long.

  2. Roberta Said,

    We had one in our yard when I was a child. Catalpas always remind me of home :-)

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