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I have a HUGE one someone planted right next to my house a very long time ago. I do worry about broken branches hitting the house, but the tree seems healthy and is the BEST shade tree. I actually love when it blooms and the flowers blanket the ground. I have a lot of acreage so I'm thinking of planting another one much further away from the house 😊
Very interesting! We added a black gum 2 years ago as part of our town’s Street Tree program. We had a choice of 3 trees but chose the black gum in hopes to draw birds like cedar waxwings etc. We are complete newbies to ecology and nature and find your videos very informative!
Ever since watching this video I've been able to pick out these trees around my town much easier (the bean pods really help) and I've had a really good time laughing at the fact they only exist right against powerlines anywhere I go.
Brilliant thanks for this incredibly indepth overview. Literally wanted to find out what what happening with my Indian Bean tree (as we call it in the UK) and came across this video! I thought mine was dead, but has new buds so very excited.
@@BackyardEcology cheers dude, now thinking baout where it is planted and whether utimatley I want to cast a shadow on my neighbours back garden. Are they easy to move?
Does your tree have these worms? I saw one Catalpa tree in Reno, NV in the middle of downtown. It did not have any worms or maybe I did not noticed them. Reno has dry climate as whole Nevada. I collected some seeds because I liked Catalpa tree. But now I see that tree "train" comes along with unwanted passengers. Ugly!
I think I have southern Catalpas, the twisting trunk, they are planted for bonsai right now and I will be taking them to a show. No bonsai shaping yet, but starting to get there
The leaves of catalpa are huge. I always liked the tree. Even tried planting some seeds from the beans but they never germinated. After watching this video, I’m glad they didn’t.
I have one I think is a southern catalpa tree that started growing at the edge of a stone retaining wall in my backyard, maybe 4+ years ago. It is already fairly big so I need to get it out of there. I have not seen a bloom yet, or I don't remember it if it bloomed last year. And I have not seen any long pods, or anything else. Off topic, I love your T-shirt!
Make sure you have a catalpa and not an invasive princess tree, Paulownia tomentosa. They resemble a catalpa, but growing along a retaining wall is exactly the kind of place they tend to pop up.
@@BackyardEcology originally, I looked into that idea. I've not seen any similar trees locally, nor have a seen any other pop up close by. We tend to have a fairly wide variety of trees in peoples yards locally many by planting i think. . This seemed that it was from a bird dropping since it's next to a bird bath. But either way it will have to come out. Is there anything different that I'd have to do if it was a Paulownia tree?
@@BackyardEcology Thank You. I wish it were further back in the yard as it's only about 12-15 ft away from my house where it is growing. Also, since it's right next to the stone retaining wall, I am sure it will cause it to break eventually.
Catalpa is not really considered a honey flow tree - there are rarely enough in one spot for bees to work to make catalpa honey. The nectar they gather from the extrafloral nectaries on the leaves can help them through some of the nectar dearth in the summer.
I am sure it would taste good, just really hard to get monofloral honey from it. With just a couple of trees any honey you would get would be a mixture of several things. Around here our honey is dominated by tulip poplar and black locust. There are other things in it for sure but the majority of the spring honey flow is from poplar and locust.@@cluelessbeekeeping1322
@@BackyardEcology Not everything tastes good. Some honey tastes like poison. Some honey (really) is literally poisonous. I'm curious just because I have a few (35, or 54 last year) hives in my back yard. I want to figure out for sure if the flavor is good or not. If it tastes good or even fine...that's great. If it's bad and I only get a tiny bit of nectar from the tree, that little bit of bad nectar can destroy an entire harvest.
We keep bees too and have never heard any bad effects of catalpa on honey. It is considered an important tree for bees in the southeast. The reason there is little out there about what honey from them tastes like is there just aren't big enough concentrations of catalpa to make monofloral catalpa honey. I'm sure if it had any bad effects on honey it would be known, like with tree of heaven. @@cluelessbeekeeping1322
I rent a spot in Northwest Arkansas. We have ONE. flowers are nice after the storm, but those seed pods in the winter, they fall last. The large leaves are just like taking care of regular leaves. Those sticks that used to be a seed pod become just a sea of fire starters. Imagine pine needle frass and then imagine they're two feet long. And crunchy. Also, there's a beehive in the trunk. Those moths are why we can't leave a porch light on.
Sweetgum fruits are not something you want to step on, that is for sure. Sweetgum are great trees in the right place, but they also tend to pop up everywhere in the southeast and can be a real problem when managing an area as they can form a monoculture super quick.
These trees are so pretty... makes me wonder why anyone brought princess tree over when we basically have our own version that's a million times easier to control. I'd try growing these from seed except that I'm out of their native range and don't want to bother growing a nonnative when I don't intend on it being in my yard anyways.
🐛🐛🐛🐛 Learn how to grow catalpas for producing catalpa worms for bait in this book: amzn.to/3Kai6wa 🐛🐛🐛🐛
🌳🌳🌳🌳 Learn about some trees that may be better choices for a small yard than a catalpa in this video: ruclips.net/video/ZYPak0l1exo/видео.html 🌳🌳🌳🌳
I have a HUGE one someone planted right next to my house a very long time ago. I do worry about broken branches hitting the house, but the tree seems healthy and is the BEST shade tree. I actually love when it blooms and the flowers blanket the ground. I have a lot of acreage so I'm thinking of planting another one much further away from the house 😊
They are great shade trees!
Very interesting! We added a black gum 2 years ago as part of our town’s Street Tree program. We had a choice of 3 trees but chose the black gum in hopes to draw birds like cedar waxwings etc. We are complete newbies to ecology and nature and find your videos very informative!
Thank you! Cedar waxwings love black fruits! You will love the fall color too!
Really great video! Thanks for sharing all this info.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Totally agreed, it was very informative like his others are, as well!
Ever since watching this video I've been able to pick out these trees around my town much easier (the bean pods really help) and I've had a really good time laughing at the fact they only exist right against powerlines anywhere I go.
Seems most places have trees of all types growing in powerline right of ways.
Great video!!
-VRA Fam
Thank you!
We have them in Platte river valley in Eastern Nebraska,,Northern type..
Winthrop and Catapla is where my friend Michael used to live in Chicago!
Brilliant thanks for this incredibly indepth overview. Literally wanted to find out what what happening with my Indian Bean tree (as we call it in the UK) and came across this video! I thought mine was dead, but has new buds so very excited.
They are neat trees. Glad yours is budding out!
@@BackyardEcology cheers dude, now thinking baout where it is planted and whether utimatley I want to cast a shadow on my neighbours back garden. Are they easy to move?
Its only 3 foot high :-)
@@GrowTropicalMK If it hasn't been there too long you should be able to move it.
@@GrowTropicalMK Since it is small you should be able to move it but I would wait until it goes dormant again this fall.
Thank you 🙏 for your knowledge and sharing with us. I’m trying ❤start a butterfly garden. Hello 👋 from Miami Florida
You are welcome! And good luck in your butterfly gardening adventures!
"I know you do"!
Got one in my backyard, someone must have planted quite some time ago.
Does your tree have these worms? I saw one Catalpa tree in Reno, NV in the middle of downtown. It did not have any worms or maybe I did not noticed them. Reno has dry climate as whole Nevada. I collected some seeds because I liked Catalpa tree. But now I see that tree "train" comes along with unwanted passengers. Ugly!
Have one northern Catalpas growing at friends cottage in Manitoba 50* North, 6 inch DBH, his seed came from the Twin Cities Minn. 30 years ago
Cool! That is getting way north for catalpa!
There are _so many caterpillars_ when a Catalpa bears fruit. It’s not even funny.
One of the main reasons people plant them!
I think I have southern Catalpas, the twisting trunk, they are planted for bonsai right now and I will be taking them to a show. No bonsai shaping yet, but starting to get there
Cool! If a crushed leaf smells bad they are southern catalpa.
Thank you! I've been wondering what these are called.
You are welcome! Glad you found the video helpful.
I’ve seen these in many areas of N.J.
They have been planted all across the eastern US outside of their natural range. Could be either species.
Excelent course sir ! Thanks a lot.
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
Love this channel.
Thank you!
The leaves of catalpa are huge. I always liked the tree. Even tried planting some seeds from the beans but they never germinated. After watching this video, I’m glad they didn’t.
They are cool trees but are a bit much for most locations.
They also have southern golden catalpa
Yep! It is sold as the cultivar 'Aurea'.
My favorite tree! I have 2!
Nice! They are super cool.
Do your trees have above mentioned worms?
Super informative!
Thank you!
Yes!!!
I have one I think is a southern catalpa tree that started growing at the edge of a stone retaining wall in my backyard, maybe 4+ years ago. It is already fairly big so I need to get it out of there. I have not seen a bloom yet, or I don't remember it if it bloomed last year. And I have not seen any long pods, or anything else. Off topic, I love your T-shirt!
Make sure you have a catalpa and not an invasive princess tree, Paulownia tomentosa. They resemble a catalpa, but growing along a retaining wall is exactly the kind of place they tend to pop up.
@@BackyardEcology originally, I looked into that idea. I've not seen any similar trees locally, nor have a seen any other pop up close by. We tend to have a fairly wide variety of trees in peoples yards locally many by planting i think. . This seemed that it was from a bird dropping since it's next to a bird bath. But either way it will have to come out. Is there anything different that I'd have to do if it was a Paulownia tree?
@@joanndaprile9076 If you are going to remove it that should be all that needs to be done.
@@BackyardEcology Thank You. I wish it were further back in the yard as it's only about 12-15 ft away from my house where it is growing. Also, since it's right next to the stone retaining wall, I am sure it will cause it to break eventually.
@@joanndaprile9076 Definitely not a great place for a tree to be growing.
How does the honey from a Catalpa tree taste?
Catalpa is not really considered a honey flow tree - there are rarely enough in one spot for bees to work to make catalpa honey. The nectar they gather from the extrafloral nectaries on the leaves can help them through some of the nectar dearth in the summer.
@@BackyardEcology I'm still curious as to how the honey would taste from it? I might plant a couple in my front yard.
I am sure it would taste good, just really hard to get monofloral honey from it. With just a couple of trees any honey you would get would be a mixture of several things. Around here our honey is dominated by tulip poplar and black locust. There are other things in it for sure but the majority of the spring honey flow is from poplar and locust.@@cluelessbeekeeping1322
@@BackyardEcology Not everything tastes good. Some honey tastes like poison. Some honey (really) is literally poisonous. I'm curious just because I have a few (35, or 54 last year) hives in my back yard.
I want to figure out for sure if the flavor is good or not.
If it tastes good or even fine...that's great.
If it's bad and I only get a tiny bit of nectar from the tree, that little bit of bad nectar can destroy an entire harvest.
We keep bees too and have never heard any bad effects of catalpa on honey. It is considered an important tree for bees in the southeast. The reason there is little out there about what honey from them tastes like is there just aren't big enough concentrations of catalpa to make monofloral catalpa honey. I'm sure if it had any bad effects on honey it would be known, like with tree of heaven. @@cluelessbeekeeping1322
Those pods are the WORST.
I rent a spot in Northwest Arkansas. We have ONE. flowers are nice after the storm, but those seed pods in the winter, they fall last. The large leaves are just like taking care of regular leaves. Those sticks that used to be a seed pod become just a sea of fire starters. Imagine pine needle frass and then imagine they're two feet long. And crunchy.
Also, there's a beehive in the trunk.
Those moths are why we can't leave a porch light on.
You've obviously never dealt with American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). Their pods are definitely THE worst.
Sweetgum fruits are not something you want to step on, that is for sure. Sweetgum are great trees in the right place, but they also tend to pop up everywhere in the southeast and can be a real problem when managing an area as they can form a monoculture super quick.
These trees are so pretty... makes me wonder why anyone brought princess tree over when we basically have our own version that's a million times easier to control.
I'd try growing these from seed except that I'm out of their native range and don't want to bother growing a nonnative when I don't intend on it being in my yard anyways.
They are an awesome tree! The native ranges of both species are rather limited which is their only drawback.
@@BackyardEcologyThey are! They probably have my favorite growth form out of any tree
They do look cool - identifiable from several hundred yards away. @@joshward7009
There are plenty on ohio