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 ...

Chilopsis linearis, the desert willow or desert catalpa, is prized in dry gardens for its showy, fragrant blossoms which cover the tree in summer. When many native bloomers are past their spring glory ...

I was out with students taking pictures of tree buds as part of our citizen science Budburst project. Only two types of tree buds had opened up yet, both flowers, red maples and pussy willow. The red ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. I have fond memories of pussy willow that mom innocently planted and that dad, in typical fashion, ...

Lately, desert willow trees with their fragrant, orchid-like flowers are filling Santa Cruz Valley with soft color. Not a ...