Catkins and cones are the blooms of trees and shrubs whose flowers are sorted in a binary fashion—male and female. They are ...

Plant lovers and feline lovers unite: Some catkins have come out. And are they a welcome sight, being pretty much the only sign of plant activity outdoors this time of year. Okay, I admit the feline ...

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, ...

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 --- ...