have you heard? the catalpas are blooming

some trees get a lot of attention when they are flowering: apple trees, magnolias, dogwoods, redbud, and cherries for example. but not catalpa. have you ever heard anyone say “omg, the catalpas are in bloom! have you seen them!? it’s soooo amazing!”. nope, i have never heard that. and i am not sure why not. the trees are covered with foamy lathers of white flowers , with each individual flower displaying pleasing orange and fellow landing stripes for pollinators. they are pleasantly fragrant, smelling like vanilla and gardenias.  they seem pretty magical to me. i don’t know why they don’t get more attention. tomorrow, i am going to try it out on my morning barista…”hey, have you you seen the catalpa blossoms? aren’t the great?” i’ll let you know tomorrow how that goes.

northern catalpa tree flowers (Catalpa speciosa)