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White trumpet-shaped flowers of Indian bean tree among large heart-shaped leavesTrees

Catalpa bignonioides

Indian Bean Tree

The Indian Bean Tree is a distinctive ornamental tree with enormous, heart-shaped leaves and large panicles of white, trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow and purple markings in June and July. After flowering, long, slender seed pods hang on the tree well into winter. An excellent shade tree.

Full sunMedium600–1500 cm