Catalpa Trees, Catawba Worms, and Southern Lore

I love catalpa trees (Catalpa spp. and cvs., Zones 4–9). If you travel through the South, you might often find them as grand specimens in Progressive-era neighborhoods and older city parks. They grow along roadsides and among a variety of species in fencerows. Often catalpas are not glamorously placed in the landscape.

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