Catalpa trees

I have two Catalpa trees.  The men who gave them have passed as has dear Pop.  The one without leaves, Arnold Bowden gifted to Larry.  The other still holding to its leaves came Wayne Hawkins, squirrel hunting friend from Georgia.  Each summer Catalpa worms devour the leaves.  The worms make great fishing bait.  These two attract worms at different times because they originated in different locals.  The worms don’t harm the trees.  The foliage returns.  Catalpa worms are the larva of the catalpa sphinx moth. They feed on nothing in the world but catalpa foliage. The moths are attracted to the trees, pollinate the flowers, and lay their eggs on the underside of the foliage.

The name Catalpa is derived from the Muscogee Native American tribe's name for the tree "kutuhlpa" meaning 'showy'.

Bryan Jones sent me a photo of a coffee table he crafted from a big slab of hid grandfather’s catalpa wood.