A Catalpa Tree in My Garden Master Gardener Sue Morris: Catalpa trees may be grown from seed West Central Tribune News, weather, sports from Willmar Minnesota Catalpa #tree #plants #foraging #ecopunk #insects These are seed pods from Catalpa speciosa, a fast growing north american tree also known as The Bean Tree because of it's bean like pods Have you seen this impressive tree that produces bean pods and wondered what it was or what it could be used for? The Catalpa Tree (Catalpa bignonioides) is also referred to as Harvesting catalpa tree seed pods tips needed