Found on the Trail: Green Bean Tree? TREE OF THE WEEK Newport This Week Southern Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides): Essential Guide Master Gardener Sue Morris: Catalpa trees may be grown from seed West Central Tribune News, weather, sports from Willmar Minnesota The Beautiful Catalpa Tree, Huge Flowers and Fishing Bait Hudson Valley Gardens 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