Ornamental
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Many Southerners can identify a catalpa tree from a distance. Its large heart-shaped leaves, showy white flowers, and long bean-like seed pods make it one of the most recognizable trees growing around old homesites, fence rows, and rural roadsides. However, the catalpa tree may be best known not for its appearance, but for the caterpillar…
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The leaves are falling and the outside temperatures are becoming more comfortable to spend a couple of hours out in the yard. This could lead to the idea of getting ahead on pruning the shrubs. Just say no. Pruning at the wrong time of year can result in reduced flowering, mis-shapened plants, or plants that…