The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Spectacular in bloom with big, upright clusters of white flowers set off ...

With its huge heart-shaped leaves, showy spring flowers and long seed pods, the catalpa tree adds serious wow factor to any backyard. It makes a lovely shade tree for the middle of a lawn, but it can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catalpas are irregularly shaped trees shrouded in deeply ridged, coarse gray bark. These quirky trees grow quickly and can easily ...

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 in, and ...

If you’ve driven through the East Texas countryside lately, you’ve noticed spectacular white catalpa trees blooming. There are two native species of catalpa in America: Catalpa bignoniodes (southern ...

There was one northern catalpa tree in my neighborhood when I was a child. I didn’t know what it was, but I loved that tree. In June, it had clusters of large bell-shaped, ruffled white flowers with ...

Area catalpa trees finished blooming toward the end of June. Their flowers resemble white orchids and are so beautiful. This is a tree you can grow from seed. I have three in different parts of my ...

Continuing with our series on blooming trees, the Northern Catalpa speciosa is an interesting, mostly deciduous and beautiful tree with gorgeous blooms in spring. In some areas, the large leaves can ...

The 33 Northern catalpa tree saplings arranged in a council ring along a Wing Park trail in Elgin aren’t much to look at now, but Rob Vandermolen promises that in 20 years, they will become a living, ...

Catalpa worms get their name from the catalpa tree that they host on. There are two native species of catalpa in America, Catalpa bignoniodes (southern catalpa) and Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa) ...