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Handsome Catalpa trees line U S. 15, the James Monroe highway, just north of Gilbert’s Comer in Loudoun County. I look for them each time we drive to Leesburg and look forward to seeing them in bloom next May. That will be a part of my plan for spring this year. Now the Catalpas are festooned with the long brown seed cases, about 10 inches long. They look like fancy cigars. One of the common names for Catalpa is ‘cigar tree.’ In my part of North Carolina they are often referred to as Catawba Trees. Catawba worms, those caterpillars that feed on Catalpa leaves, are much in demand as bait for fishing.
There are two handsome Catalpa trees across U.S. 522 from this house in Flint Hill. Each spring they are a mass of big white, purple -dotted flowers. These trees make a splendid show in early May with the flowers and big heart-shaped leaves.
Now, in February, the big leaves and fragrant flowers are for the future. The Catalpa is one of the trees I can identify in winter from a car moving
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