Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea' Summer as this variety needs a

as this variety needs a long hot summer to produce dessert quality fruit

An ideal choice for a very small garden

and curious little bauble-like dry fruits which persist through the winter

As autumn approaches the dense foliage turns a striking gold suffused with rose and crimson tones

red-flushed colour

Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea' Summer as this variety needs aA magnificent tree with a broad, wide spreading crown and soft, greenish gold leaves. In early summer the thin leaves filter the sunlight bathing everything below in golden light. Come mid summer the crown is covered by panicles of white flowers followed by pendulous, green bean pods. Tolerates polution, prefers moist fertile loams. H6