It is a hearty and beautiful tree in the landscape, as well as the sole source of food for the catalpa caterpillar. Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest ...

Though catalpa worms can completely defoliate a catalpa tree during a single summer, healthy trees typically recover the following year, and natural predators keep the worms from doing too much ...

Its long-reaching branches and hollowed out gnarly trunk have no doubt inspired generations of kids to dream up what ... evaluating the elderly catalpa tree’s condition and working on ways ...

“Trees do fall down, kids do get hurt ... Western Springs superintendent of municipal services, knocks on the catalpa tree to show how hollow the trunk is. Sharon Cabaj, who has lived across ...

Last fall, I blogged about a catalpa sapling I pruned. The results of that pruning have been evolving through the summer. The tree is a wildling that just happened to sprout from seed along the ...

“Catalpa Farewell: A Toast to A Special Tree” will be held at 4 p.m. A story and craft time for kids starts at 9:30 a.m. Artist hours will be held starting at 2 p.m., and artists are invited ...