#1245 most planted
Catalpa x erubescens
Purple hybrid catalpa · also Hybrid catalpa
Multi-trunk
80
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
7
cities
10 in
median trunk (26 cm, 63 measured)
21 yr
median age (70% have a planting date)
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This unusual small flowering hybrid accent tree is often multi-trunked or low-branching, thriving in full sun and moderate moisture. It is useful in riparian or native garden settings and displays grayish-white bark.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 420.27%21 yr10 in
- 130.01%3.8 yr9.8 in
- 90.00%—12 in
- 90.01%—6.7 in
- 50.00%23 yr60 in
- 10.00%—8.6 in
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Mature height
- 25–35 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30 ft
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 10 in, mean 15 in, 90th percentile 21 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Catalpa in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
