Northern Catalpa Flowers Use: Excellent for fresh eating

Use: Excellent for fresh eating or baking

rHardiness: Zone 2

An extremely large tree

Planting: Full sun or part shade

Northern Catalpa Flowers Use: Excellent for fresh eatingHardiness: Zone 4. Size: Tree which can reach 40 60ft in size. Planting: Adaptable to most soils but prefers loam or clay loam Fruit: None Pot: 1 gal, 1 2ft tree Northern Catalpa is native to the midwestern US where it was cultivated starting in the 1750s due to its resistance to rotting. This made it useful as fence posts and, rather unsuccessfully, as railroad ties. This tree has since expanded far beyond its original range as a commonly planted