Catalpa blossoms.. mulch?

I've been searching online for an HOUR to see if anyone is using catalpa blossoms as mulching material, or cautioning against it.   Zero results found.   Google, duck duck go, youtube, etc.   So,  you all are my next go-to for asking!   I figure folks here have done more chop and drop/ organic material using than most.

I've got buckets and buckets of blossoms.  I know they dry up very small,  that's fine.   But any reason why I should NOT incorporate these into veggie garden mulching?   I can't find a single warning so I think it's fine,  unless there is some obscure info I didn't turn up anywhere that someone can share?  

Catalpa doesn't have any herbicidal effects or toxins, as far as I know. Should be completely fine to compost down.

If you've got just flowers, go for it, no problems.

If you've got flowers mixed w/ seed pods, you'll need to make sure the compost gets very hot to kill off the seeds, or your garden where you use the compost will be full of sprouts lol. (Personally, I just let it happen, then yank the new sprouts and let them mulch down in-place. Chop & drop!)


Flowers are a favorite edible for a lot of insects, since they're delicate & easy to digest. I'm sure your compost fauna will love them =)

Glad to not have this abundance go to waste.   My vehicle smells a bit like old musty perfume at the moment, but these are going to the veg. garden early in the morning!

Looks pretty good!   Not enough to do the whole plot,  maybe 1/4 of it.