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Catawba Tree
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Catawba Tree (Catalpa Speciosa) - A forest tree in America, westwards, and is little known in England yet, though promising to be a forest tree; reaches 120 feet high in its own country.

Catawba Rhododendron
Scientific Name: Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.
Synonym:
Family: Ericaceae ...

The Catawba Rhododendron is native from Virginia to Georgia in the Smoky Mountains. It's the most hardy of the true rhododendrons.

The Catawba Crapemyrtle is a small shrub like tree that has bright green foliage in the summer that change to orange-red in the fall.

Common Names: Catawba crapemyrtle
Prepared by: Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist ...

( Antoon Van Welie Catawba Rhododendron )
Antoon Van Welie is a quality cultivar bearing sizable dark pink flowers with lighter pink markings. Shrubby, evergreen "ironclad" rhododendron with medium leaves. It is hardy to -15 degrees Fahrenheit.

It is renowned for nectar, and for the honey which is produced from it. Juice from its blooms are used to make sourwood jelly. The shoots were used by the Cherokee and the Catawba to make arrowshafts.

"Catawba Album"
a classic Ironclad Rhododendron
Rhododendron cawtawbiense var. album is a naturally occurring variant of the species rhododendron native to the Appalachian Mountains, but R.

Ethnobotanic: The Catawba, Cherokee, Nanticoke and other Native American tribes used Yucca filamentosa for a variety of purposes including food, medicine, cordage and even soap.

catawbiense - (Catawba Rhododendron) - The flowers will
be in shades of lavender but will vary if plants are
grown from seed, Zone 4.
catawbiense 'Album' - White flowers (Vis. 3) are produced
in large clusters on vigorous and wide plants, Zone 5.

Rhododendron catawbiense [Catawba Rhododendron] Common Name List
(plant habit, flowering) (flower clusters and leaves) (flower cluster and leaves) (info)
Rhododendron ‘Cheer' [Cheer Rhododendron] Common Name List ...

American-type grapes such as 'Concord' and 'Catawba' do well in the cool climate of New England, in the Midwest, and in the Northwest.

The most important grapes in vineyards east of the Rockies, American cultivars are grown from the Great Lakes Region and New England, south to Georgia and west to Indiana, and include such popular varieties as 'Niagara', 'Catawba', 'Brighton', ...

Rhododendron catawbiense : Catawba Rhododendron - Flowers
Rhododendron 'Golden Lights' : Golden Lights Azalea - Flowers
Rhododendron kaempferi 'Herbert' : Herbert Azalea - Foliage ...

labrusca, the fox grape, from which are derived the Concord, Catawba, Delaware, and many other cultivated varieties of the eastern and northern states.

See also: Green, Hybrids, Pink, Rhododendron, Orange