Catalpa speciosa 'Pulverulenta'
(Western Catalpa 'Pulverulenta')
Family - Bignoniaceae
Category - Tree
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 15m
Width - 8m or more
Location - The House Border
Description: A medium-sized, Deciduous tree with a broad, spreading crown. Large leaves are ovate to heart-shaped. The leaves are mid-green to dark green and covered in pale yellow to white speckles. White, bell-shaped flowers are frilled at the tips and streaked with yellow and deep purple on the lower part of each Bloom. The flowers are held in panicles at the tips of the stems and are produced in mid-summer. The flowers are followed by long, slender pods. Catalpa speciosa 'Pulverulenta' can be used as a cut-back plant to maintain the large leaf size and control overall height.
Flower:
White, bell-shaped flowers are frilled at the tips and streaked with yellow and deep purple on the lower part of each bloom. The flowers are held in panicles at the tips of the young stems and are produced in July. The flowers are followed by long, slender pods. Flowers are not produced on juvenile plants.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers held in panicles
Flowering time: July
Foliage:
Large, ovate to Cordate leaves are mid to dark green and heavily marked with pale yellow to white speckles. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the spreading branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to cordate
Propagation:
Cuttings, grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.