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 ...

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 ...