Tree in a Box, Flowering Catalpa, Grow Your Own Tree

This Tree in a Box kit makes a wonderful educational gift — perfect for recognizing Arbor Day in April! The Tree in a Box kits provide everything you need to grow a tree from seed. The kit is designed to be "add water only" and grown in a sunny window. The Flowering Catalpa Catalpa speciosa — "The Earth laughs in Flowers" and this large, picturesque ornamental with large heart shaped leaves has beautiful clusters of white to purple flowers and long bean-like seed pods. It is an easy and undemanding tree and will grow 30’ to 50’ tall almost anywhere in the U.S.

All the materials in this kit are biodegradable. The book and box are printed on high-grade recycled paper with soy inks.

Contains:

• Biodegradable Peat Pot
• Expandable Nutrient Soil Pellet
• Flowering Catalpa Seeds
• 32-page Information-packed Booklet (the booklet contains information about the specific tree, "Tree Facts" about the environmental benefits of trees and tree mythology.)
• Growing instructions

Product Details:

• Recommended Ages: All ages
• Product Dimensions: 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" decorative box

Item Condition:

• This item is brand new and is in perfect condition.
  NOTE: We cannot guarantee that the seeds will germinate, but we have had great success germinating these kits with our own children.

Additional Information About This Tree: Normally growing from 35 to 70 foot tall, with a trunk diameter of 10 to 20 inches, this tree will grow almost anywhere and under most all conditions. It is an undemanding tree and one of the easiest to sprout. In its natural range in the Ohio Valley, trees have been known to grow to 100 feet and five feet in diameter. A deciduous tree, its leaves are purplish when young and have purplish veins on their undersides, attracting honeybees. The leaves are light yellowish-green in maturity. Flowers bloom in early summer and are followed in autumn by the long conspicuous seedpods which mature as green capsules 10 to 20 inches long and about ½” thick. The pods turn dark brown in winter, staying on the tree, and split open, liberating their flat seeds in early spring. Bark is rather thin, grayish and vertically scaled. Its wood is course grained and soft. Not strong, but durable in contact with the soil, it is most often used as fence posts in commercial application.

*Please Note: This item cannot be shipped outside the United States.

WARNING! CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

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Why We Love It

This kit is a fun way to introduce children of all ages to the importance of trees. Children take great pride in growing their own tree!

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Creative Ideas to Try

What other things can you do with this product? We've included some of our "outside the box" creative ideas below to help get you started... 

• Use the Tree in a Box as a gift to welcome a new baby. Watch the tree grow as the child grows.
• This kit is a fun way to introduce a life science unit study of trees to children.
• Use the kit as party favors, wedding favors, classroom activities, or just for fun.