Catalpa bungei Shade A conical tree

A conical tree

'Fastigiata' is Latin meaning pointed or sharpened which is a fitting description for this tree

One of the few magnolias which grows well as a single-trunked tree

shiny and smoothly three lobed

This Asian species is particularly valued for its golden-yellow mid-summer flowers

Catalpa bungei Shade A conical treeNative to North China, this rare tree is often confused with Catalpa bignoniodes 'Nana'. The pyramidal to round crown bears dark green leaves often scalloped and glabrous when mature. The flowers are rose pink to white with purple and yellow markings borne in handsome corymbs in summer, later followed by 30 50cm long capsular fruit. H5