Yellow Catalpa Catalpa ovata 50 Seeds

The Yellow Catalpa is a small deciduous tree that has large, heart-shaped leaves and clusters of showy light yellow flowers. It grows to 30 feet tall with a spreading crown and light green, cordate leaves up to 10 inches long and wide. In late spring, it produces bell-shaped, orchid-like yellowish-white flowers up to 3/4 inches long, with purple and orange inner spotting. After flowering, it produces long, slender, green seedpods up to 16 inches long. It is an Asian relative of the more commonly known northern catalpa, which has beautiful white, striped flowers. This is a good tree to grow for the gardener that wants something that is more unusual and less common than the regular catalpa. It can be grown as a shade tree and as a flowering tree. Native to China. Flowers in May and June. Hardy in zones 4-8.

Growing Instructions for the Yellow Catalpa

The seeds need to be planted when received or stored in a refrigerator until they are planted. 1. Soak the seeds in water for 24 hours. 2. The seeds like moist, well-drained soil. Fill a pot with a mixture of potting soil and sand, peat moss or vermiculite. Use pots that have drainage holes in the bottom. 2. Sow the seeds on the soil and cover them with a thin layer of soil. 3. Water the container and leave it to drain. 4. Put the pot in a warm, sunny area. 5. Water the pot regularly so that the soil is moist but not wet. 6. The seedlings can be transplanted when they are a few inches tall.