Likes summer water when young but once established can get by on little to no supplementary water. Good plant for Mediterranean type gardens. Form is round headed with a medium to fast growth rate and a coarse texture. Color of leaves is medium green with a fall color of poor yellow green. Flowers are showy white with yellow spots in the spring.
Fruit is an elongated capsule that starts out green and turns brown in the fall.
It can be 8 to 20 inches in length. Plants are best used in a naturalized area. Will take almost any kind of environmental condition and is hardy. Prefers some summer water. Deciduous tree with characteristics between Catalpa and Desert Willow.