|
|||||||
| FAN Home | Tree Walk Map | Background | Previous Tree Stop | Next Tree Stop | |||
 Hardy
Catalpa: The house in whose yard this tree stands was built in
1920 or 1940 (records are not clear), and the tree is probably about
that old. It has enormous leaves and lovely early summer flowers, long pendulous
seed pods that can reach 23 inches in length and stay on the tree all
winter. Extremely resistant to rot, they were planted by early pioneers
to provide axe and shovel handles. Note the tree identification label
affixed the tree when the Forest Hills Garden Club did the first
"tree walk" in the 1960's. The tree has grown around the sign,
leaving only "Hard Cata" visible. Visit this tree in the
next fifty years before the sign disappears completely! 
Click on photos with blue or purple borders to see larger image
|
|||||||
|
First Addition Neighbors, Lake Oswego, Oregon © 2001-2007 All rights reserved Last updated June 12, 2002 URL: http://fanforesthills.com/tree_walk |
|||||||
