Aurea Indian bean tree
Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea'
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size20 to 30 feet tall15 to 20 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Broad
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Aurea' Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea') is a tree for specimen use and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows at a rapid rate, and hummingbirds and bees visit it. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Virginia sweetspire, Ostrich fern, and Karl Foerster feather reed grass.