It is a hearty and beautiful tree in the landscape, as well as the sole source of food for the catalpa caterpillar. Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest ...

She holds a master's in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi. Catalpa trees, with two species native to the United States, are known for their beautiful and plentiful blooms and for ...

A once towering Northern Catalpa tree that stood along a rural highway in Menard County was toppled by a recent storm.

The street where I grew up in Connecticut was lined with Norway maple trees, mature enough to arch over the roadway, providing lovely shade. The outlier among them was the catalpa tree on our next ...

Many even stopped to pay their respects in person with selfie photos or a pat on the trunk of the massive catalpa tree that toppled during Wednesday’s storm. For many, it was like losing an old ...

Continuing with our series on blooming trees, the Northern Catalpa speciosa is an interesting, mostly deciduous and beautiful tree with gorgeous blooms in spring. In some areas, the large leaves ...

Catalpa worms get their name from the catalpa tree that they host on. There are two native species of catalpa in America, Catalpa bignoniodes (southern catalpa) and Catalpa speciosa (northern ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published ... This week, we introduce the Northern catalpa or Catalpa speciose. This species, which provides rot resistant ...

It’s a wonder that more people don’t plant catalpa trees. One reason is that catalpa can be a big tree, and a behemoth 75 or 100 feet tall and half that width is too large for many yards.