April 22, 2004

Catalpa! This tree has it all: huge, heart-shaped leaves, a shady canopy, long seed pods, and pretty clusters of vanilla-scented blossoms. Although sphinx moths really like catalpas, so do catfish anglers. Mmmmm...caaaatfish.
posted by shinything 20 years ago
  • wow. what a wonderful tree! you'd think they'd be all over the place. maybe they are and i've never noticed. hmmm. widget the dog and i must go catalpa hunting on our walk today. great links!
  • ("the jim loy of trees." heh.)
  • Them catfish be gooooooooood eatin' And after dinner we'll smoke us some catalpa pods. Seriously, these are pretty trees. Of course, living in the desert I appreciate cottonwoods, Russion olives, and piss elms, so what do I know?
  • SideDish, it might turn into a Travels With Charley sort of quest for the ultimate piddle. Love them cottonwoods, BlueHorse. They make great noises on a breezy day. Terminal case of spring fever over here. Must be time to go shove some dirt around in the garden.
  • There's a street in Santa Cruz lined with catalpas. Friends of mine live on there, and it's a beautiful street to live on. Believe it or not, it's called Catalpa Street.
  • Favorite tinies.
  • Oops -- that was for another FPP, sorry.
  • I think "Iggy Catalpa" was the name of one of King Chicken's unwitting dupes in an episode of "Duckman."
  • shinything, those are some mighty fine trees, but I don't want nuthin' to do with nuthin' that requires turning worms inside out, thank-you very much.;)
  • We have a huge catalpa in our yard. It is a beautiful, sweet smelling tree... but the pods do make quite a mess. That Mother Nature can't get anything right.
  • There are a few catalpa trees in and around my grandparents' yard. One of them still has clamps around a limb from which my mother's swing used to hang.