(Black Bean Tree, Lucky Bean, Moreton Bay Chestnut)

Lustrous, dark green leaves and reddish flowers that arise and open on the trunk and branches, and develop into large seeds make the lucky bean a beautiful and picturesque tree for very warm climates. An evergreen tree with a wide, dense and spreading shape, it is native to tropical rainforests of extreme northeastern Australia and the island of New Caledonia.

The bark is brown to grayish-brown and smells of cucumber if chopped. The leaf is pinnate, having 11-15 lustrous green leaflets that...

(Southern Catalpa)

Southern catalpa is a broad, spreading, deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States. Its leaves are light green and heart-shaped. Southern catalpa bears fragrant white flowers with brown and purple markings in summer. These produce long, bean-like fruit pods in autumn.

Southern catalpa does well in moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade and makes an interesting specimen tree. Cultivar 'Aurea' has yellow leaves and is smaller at maturity; 'Nana' is a dwarfed shrub...

(Golden Southern Catalpa)

Southern catalpa is a broad, spreading, deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States. Its leaves are light green and heart-shaped. Southern catalpa bears fragrant white flowers with brown and purple markings in summer. These produce long, bean-like fruit pods in autumn.

Southern catalpa does well in moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade and makes an interesting specimen tree. Cultivar 'Aurea' has yellow leaves and is smaller at maturity; 'Nana' is a dwarfed shrub...

(Dwarf Southern Catalpa)

Umbrella catalpa is a dense, rounded, globe form grafted high onto southern catalpa. (It is often sold as Catalpa bungei.) It does not bloom and remains small but requires shaping. Catalpas prefer moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade. Umbrella catalpa is useful in restricted spaces such as formal gardens and narrow streets.

(Manchurian Catalpa)

Manchurian catalpa is a small, spreading, deciduous tree native to northern China. Leaves are triangular, toothed and dark green. Fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers produced in terminal cluster are rose-pink to white with yellow and purple markings. The flowers appear in summer. Manchurian catalpa produces long, bean-like fruit pods in the fall which can be somewhat messy.

Manchurian catalpa does well in moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade. This species requires pruning while...

(Northern Catalpa)

Northern catalpa is a deciduous tree with an irregular to oval form. It is native to a small area in an interior south-central region of the United States. Leaves are medium to dark green and heart-shaped. This catalpa bears fragrant white flowers with yellow and purple markings in spring. These produce long, bean-like fruit pods.

Northern catalpa prefers moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade but tolerates hot, dry conditions.

(Trompetillo, Trumpet Tree)

Beautifully exotic, hand-like leaves catches the eye of most plant lovers when seeing the trompetillo. An upright, rarely-branching, fast growing, broadleaf evergreen tree, it's native to central Mexico southward into northern South America. Known as a pioneer tree, it quickly germinates and forests cleared areas and vegetates waste areas alongside roads or abandoned lots.

The leaves of this Cecropia are among the easiest to distinguish, as they are large, rounded and deep green, with...

(Snakewood Tree)

Beautifully exotic, hand-like leaves catches the eye of most plant lovers when seeing the trumpet tree. An upright, rarely-branching, fast growing, broadleaf evergreen tree, it's native to the West Indies and northern South America. Known as a pioneer tree, it quickly germinates and forests cleared areas and vegetates waste areas alongside roads or abandoned lots. Its trunk is upright but readily curves (like a snake) to seek out the most light, holding an open canopy of leaves.

The leaves of...

(Snakewood, Trumpet Tree)

Beautifully exotic, hand-like leaves catches the eye of most plant lovers when seeing the trumpet tree. An upright, rarely-branching, fast growing, broadleaf evergreen tree, it's native across the Caribbean Basin: the West Indies and Mexico southward into northern South America. Known as a pioneer tree, it quickly germinates and forests cleared areas and vegetates waste areas alongside roads or abandoned lots. This species' foliage is the primary food source for tree sloths.

The leaves of this...

(Atlantic Cedar)

Noble, majestic and impressive in form and stature, the Atlas cedar is one of the most heat and drought tolerant true cedar species. An evergreen tree native to the Atlas Mountains of extreme northwestern Africa, the tree in youth is pyramid-like with few branches but becomes a massive, spreading-branched specimen with age.

The needles emerge each spring in tufted whorls atop short nubs on the thin branches, first light green and becoming darker green. The male and female cones appear on the...