CATALPA bignonioides

Indian bean tree

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CATALPA bignonioides

Indian bean tree

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  • Maintenance advice : Short pruning at the end of winter (if necessary)
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : United States; introduced in 1726
  • Use group : Bäumen
  • Height at 10 years : 10 m
  • Width at 10 years : 6 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Full sun
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : spreading
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : White/yellow
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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Beautiful shade tree with very wide foliage. Decorative fruit looking like large flat beans. Can grow up to 15 m tall. Melliferous plant. Genus dedicated to the Abbé Jean Paul Bignon (1662-1743), great state clerk, preacher and librarian of Louis XIV, distinguished member of the French Academy of Sciences. He is at the origin of the National Library of France.