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You are bidding on about 30 SOUTHERN CATALPA SEEDS - Catalpa bignonioides.
( see my other catalpa species listed )
The southern catalpa is an attractive small to medium sized deciduous tree that grows to about 25-50 ft (7.6-1.2 m) in height. It is of similar width with a short trunk that supports a broad, open and rounded crown. Catalpa has large tropical looking heart-shaped leaves that are up to 8 in (20.3 cm) long and held oppositely on the stems (often in a whorl with three leaves emerging from the same point along the stem).
The white bell-shaped blossoms are 2 in (5.1 cm) in diameter and patterned with small purple spots and two large orange markings at the throat. The flowers are followed by long slender cigar-shaped pods up to 16 in ( cm) in length. The green pods ripen to brown in fall and split to release flat fringed seeds.
Very similar to and frequently confused with Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), which also occasionally escapes, but Northern Catalpa has slightly larger flowers (4-6 cm broad) with a notched lower corolla lobed and Southern has smaller flowers (2-4 cm). Northern Catalpa also blooms slightly earlier (May-June vs. June ) and sets fruit earlier (July-Aug. vs. Oct.).
Zone: 5 - 10
Light: Full sun to partial shade.