Catalpa x erubescens Purpurea
Purple Indian Bean Tree

Description

Features:
✓ Large, purple-green, heart-shaped leaves
✓ Orchid-like flowers in summer
✓ Bean-shaped fruits in autumn
✓ Small-growing up to 6m
✓ Low maintenance

The purple Indian Bean Tree is a fantastic specimen tree growing up to the height of 6m x 5m wide and it creates a striking canopy, with large, purple-green, heart-shaped leaves. In summer it bares orchid-like flowers, followed by bean-like fruits in autumn. Sometimes leaves can scorch in the sun, but it doesn't harm the tree. It is a deciduous tree so will lose its leaves in autumn. A hardy tree that prefers a sunny spot.

Don't forget to consider:
Tree Stakes to support the tree - buy here.
Tree Belting to secure the tree to the stake supports - buy here.
Tree & Shrub Compost to add a layer of good soil in the planting hole - buy here.
Mycorrhizal fungi to encourage strong, new roots - buy here.