Catalpa Tree Northern catalpa or cigartree (Catalpa speciosa) overpowers most private landscapes by their enormous presence (USDA hardiness zones 4-8). This 40-60 feet large native tree commonly grows along roadsides, particularly on bottomlands from Illinois and Missouri south thru Arkansas and Tennessee. Catalpa is not a tree seen planted in most residential neighborhoods because of […]
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Native Catalpa Trees
Posted by Hugh on June 2nd, 2023
Posted in acidic soil, alkaline soil, Attracting birds, Attracting Butterflies, Bees and other pollinators, Catalpa, Deciduous, Disease resistant, Drought tolerant, Fragrant, Heat Tolerance, Hummingbird, Landscape ideas, Large Shade trees, mulching, Native Plant, Native Plant, Planting tips, Propagation (Cuttings), Propagation (Seed), Purchasing Plants, Shade tree, Soil drainage, Southern Appalachian Region, Spring flowering, Summer flowering, Summer heat tolerant, Trees & Shrubs, Weak wooded, Wildlife attractant, winter hardiness 
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Posted by Hugh on December 8th, 2022
Here are some ideas for designing a tropical landscape in your yard. Start with large leafy trees that are hardy in zones 6-7 include catalpa (Catalpa spp.), hickories (Carya spp.), some oaks (Quercus spp.), large leaf maple (Acer macrophylla), American sycamore (Platanus americana), American linden (Tilia americana), and Empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa). In zones 7-9 […]
Posted in Angel trumpet (Brugmansia), Banana (Musa spp.), Caricature Plant (Graptophyllum), Catalpa, Colocasia, Elephant ears (Colocasia), Fertilizing plants, Firmiana simplex, Foliage plant, Landscape ideas, Linden (Tilia), Magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla, Medium sized Tree, mulching, Native Plant, Native Plant, Non-native, Paulownia (Empress tree), Pruning, Purchasing Plants, Shade tree, Smoketree (Cotinus), Soil drainage, Southern Appalachian Region, Sycamore (Platanus), Trees & Shrubs, Willows (Salix) Comments Off on Creating A Tropical LookCommon Street and Landscape Trees
Posted by Hugh on January 10th, 2018
Across the U.S. and Canada, city planners, landscape architects, and property owners now enjoy a wide selection of landscape trees to plant on city streets, along roadsides, and in yards and gardens. Over the past half century new and improved varieties (cultivars) are disease and pest resistant and exhibit better branching and architecture. We now know to avoid […]
Posted in American hornbeam, Arborvitae (Thuja spp.), Bald cypress (Taxodium), Birch (Betula spp.), Black gum (Nyssa), Black locust (Robinia), Bradford Pear, Bur oak (Q. macrocarpa), Catalpa, compact tree, Container growing, Crabapple, Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia), Disease prone, Ginkgo biloba, Golden Raintree, Green ash (Fraxinus), Hackberry (Celtis), Honeylocust (Gleditsia), Hophornbeam (Ostrya), Hornbeam (Carpinus), Horse chestnut (Aesculus), Insect (Pest) Problems, Japanese Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium), Kentucky coffeetree, Kwanzan cherry, Lacebark elm, Landscape Construction, Landscape ideas, Large Shade trees, Magnolia grandiflora, Maples (Acer), Medium sized Tree, Messy Fruits, Mountain ash (Sorbus), Native Plant, Okame cherry (Prunus), Ornamental cherry (Prunus), Pear (Ornamental), pin oak, Planting tips, Pruning, Purchasing Plants, Red oak (Quercus), Redbud, river birch, Serviceberry (Amelanchier), Shade tree, Small landscape tree, Soil drainage, Southern Appalachian Region, Street tree, Sweetgum (Liquidambar), Sycamore (Platanus), Trees & Shrubs, Tulip tree (Liriodendron), Vitex (Chaste tree), Walnut, Weak branching, Weak wooded, White oak (Quercus), Willow oak (Quercus), winter injury, Yellowwood, Yoshino cherry (Prunus), Zelkova Comments Off on Common Street and Landscape Trees
