Northern Catalpa Two-Year-Old Seedling - September 2023
We have a few large, mature Northern Catalpa trees in our yard that I've really grown to appreciate over the years. They're native trees that have H U G E leaves, put out a really nice set of interesting, white flower blooms on the trees in early Summer , and have a little Fall-show in them with a turn to golden yellow before dropping their large leaves. They leave behind long, lean seed pods that I've tried to grow into seedlings , but I don't think that I've ever successfully sowed a Northern Catalpa tree on my own. But...they also produce quite a few volunteer trees. In the Fall of 2022, I dug up and transplanted one of those volunteer seedlings and moved it into the little, corner bed of our back patio; tucked in between the Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grasses. I watered it to get it established and then left it alone. Two years later, what does that little volunteer (transplanted) tree look like? See below for the current state of the tree....