Botanical Name: Catalpa x erubescens 'Purpurea'
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Common Name: Purple Catalpa  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

25-40'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green, Purple

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey

 

Fruit Color

Black, Brown

 

Fruit Season

Winter, Fall, Persistent

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

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Purple Catalpa has large, heart-shaped leaves that emerge purple in the spring, maturing to dark green. In the late spring and early summer months, large clusters of fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers, white with purple freckles. Long, slender pods follow flowers. Grows 30 to 40 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet wide.