With the glowing red ball of sun ready to set, I walked through a savanna in Lake County to discover a multibranched, 6-foot-tall shrub covered with many silvery balls as soft — and about the same ...

Many people are familiar with the well-known weeping willow, but there are lots of different willows. Willows are most commonly found growing in moist, sunlit meadows and are easily identified by ...

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 ...

Willows are a large group of plants classified as members of the Salix or Salicaceae family. From the beautiful cascade of the willow tree to the fuzzy catkins of the pussy willow, these plants are ...

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 ...

I have fond memories of pussy willow that mom innocently planted and that dad, in typical fashion, ignored. That little bush then grew massive and encompassed a large area of a rather small backyard.

Q: I am writing about a pussy willow tree I planted in my backyard in early August 2018. I have wanted one for some time and found one on sale at a discount department store. It didn’t have much info ...

Beijing - Right now there are lots of white wispy things floating in the sky like snow. They're called catkins and come from willow trees. Many people find them annoying and now the municipal ...

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 ...