Catkins "¦ I'm not sure what they remind me of. Something out of a Stephen King novel perhaps; banana curls; dancing ears of corn. When they move, they resemble the telltales of a sail that indicate ...

One of the minor joys in my garden at this time of year is catkins. I like minor joys – the sum of them often amounts to more than one spectacular set piece. Catkins are an inflorescence, or cluster, ...

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Spring is here and the aspen catkins are obvious on trees in Summit County. Soon the air will be filled with greenish pollen. Later, seeds will fill the air with white tuft-like parachutes looking ...

GARDENING GERRY DALY ALMOST any stretch of rural roadside will reveal its catkin-carriers these days. For a few weeks, the catkins of hazel have been a delight and these have been joined now by the ...

Those strange pendulous, squiggly, worm-like structures dangling from branches of many trees drop and cover sidewalks and driveways and generally make a mess especially after a strong wind or rain --- ...

A viral clip online likely shows the catkins, or flower spikes, of poplar trees covering cars in northern China, not a “rain of worms” as social media posts and some news reports have claimed, experts ...

The poplar trees down the street are starting to look like tree versions of their close cousins, the pussy willows. Little fuzzy catkins that look a lot like a typical pussy willow have opened up all ...

The poplar trees down the street are starting to look like tree-versions of their close cousins the pussy willows. Little fuzzy catkins that look a lot like a typical pussy willow have opened up all ...

Trees stood outside for the entire winter. Even though the winter of 2023-24 was much milder than usual, they did deal with some cold times. For about 10 days in January, the temperature dipped into ...

Willow catkins shroud parked vehicles and a fruit vendor on Huixin Dongjie in Beijing's Chaoyang district on Monday. [Photo by Xu Jingxing/China Daily] The Beijing municipal government is looking at ...

As the days grow longer and the air warms up, nature is bursting back to life. Even before their leaves return, trees produce delicate, fuzzy structures known as catkins. These tiny, downy threads, ...