Northern Catalpa in central Indiana
Catalpa is the coarse old tree on the back fence line — heart-shaped leaves the size of a hand, orchid-like white flowers in June, and foot-and-a-half seed pods. Most catalpa quotes in central Indiana are cleanup and reduction on a 50-year-old tree that has already dropped a limb or two, because it grows fast, breaks easily, and is structurally spent about the time it gets big enough to matter.
Large tree · $400–$1,900 typical
What moves the price on this one
- Height — a 20-footer is a few hundred, an 80-foot oak over a roof is four figures
- Access — can a truck and chipper get to it, or is everything carried by hand
- What's underneath — a clear yard versus a roof, a fence, a pool or a power drop
- Condition — dead and brittle costs more than live, because it can't be climbed
- Species and wood density — hickory and walnut rig slower than pine
Also searched as catalpa, catawba, cigar tree, Indian bean tree, fish-bait tree, Catalpa speciosa.
Northern Catalpa by town
- Northern Catalpa in Indianapolis56
- Northern Catalpa in Carmel42
- Northern Catalpa in Fishers49
- Northern Catalpa in Noblesville32
- Northern Catalpa in Westfield33
- Northern Catalpa in Zionsville37
- Northern Catalpa in Greenwood26
- Northern Catalpa in Avon27
- Northern Catalpa in Plainfield24
- Northern Catalpa in Brownsburg25
- Northern Catalpa in Speedway48
- Northern Catalpa in Lawrence61
- Northern Catalpa in Beech Grove48
- Northern Catalpa in Greenfield29
- Northern Catalpa in McCordsville45
- Northern Catalpa in Fortville45
- Northern Catalpa in New Palestine43
- Northern Catalpa in Cumberland45
- Northern Catalpa in Franklin19
- Northern Catalpa in Bargersville27
- Northern Catalpa in Mooresville25
- Northern Catalpa in Camby24
- Northern Catalpa in Martinsville12
- Northern Catalpa in Danville23
- Northern Catalpa in Pittsboro30
- Northern Catalpa in Whitestown31
- Northern Catalpa in Lebanon19
- Northern Catalpa in Sheridan25
- Northern Catalpa in Cicero31
- Northern Catalpa in Shelbyville14