If you’ve driven through the East Texas countryside lately, you’ve noticed spectacular white catalpa trees blooming. There are two native species of catalpa in America: Catalpa bignoniodes (southern ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Area catalpa trees finished blooming toward the end of June. Their flowers resemble white orchids and are so beautiful. This is a tree you can grow from seed. I have three in different parts of my ...

Participants in Richmond’s day camp for children visited the site of a former Civilian Conservation Corps camp Tuesday and learned about the trees for which it is named. “Eighty years ago, the men who ...

The street where I grew up in Connecticut was lined with Norway maple trees, mature enough to arch over the roadway, providing lovely shade. The outlier among them was the catalpa tree on our ...