AFFECTION FOR CATALPA BLOSSOMS. Catalpa has a lot going for it besides beautiful flowers. It tolerates all sorts of growing conditions: heat, cold, wet soils, dry soils, pollution, sun and shade.

Catalpa blooms are white with yellow-orange inner throats and dark purple speckling. The purple markings are more prominent on the Southern catalpa. The sweetly-scented blooms attract insects ...

Catalpa tree is in beautiful bloom this year. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 76°F. ... • Catalpa is the sole host of the catalpa sphinx moth. Until this spring, ...

My favorite blooms in early July decorate an unusual tree, once commonly found throughout Illinois and other nearby states. It’s a catalpa tree that was growing in the backyard when I moved i… ...

In 1922, according to an article in The Daily Appeal , four catalpa trees graced the Capitol grounds. "They are in full bloom, and with their immense green leaves and beautiful snow-white blossoms, ...

catalpa blossoms. Catalpa has a lot going for it besides beautiful flowers. It tolerates all sorts of growing conditions: heat, cold, wet soils, dry soils, pollution, sun and shade.

Catalpa blooms are white with yellow-orange inner throats and dark purple speckling. The purple markings are more prominent on the Southern catalpa. The sweetly-scented blooms attract insects ...

I stopped to stare at some buckets of flowers at a farmers’ market last Sunday. The white flowers, their throats speckled purple and yellow and grouped together on stalks like a candelabra, looked ...

I stopped to stare at some buckets of flowers at a farmers' market last Sunday. The white flowers, their throats speckled purple and yellow and grouped together on stalks like ...

A catalpa in bloom is like a tree full of orchid blossoms. Lee Reich The Associated Press. View Comments. View Comments. I stopped to stare at some buckets of flowers at a farmers market recently.