napkins

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At this time of year, stretches of warmer days coax open a cascade of willows’ fuzzy catkins, putting another Salix strength on display.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

In addition to the yellowish film from the pollen, you might notice their long catkins — small flowering pollen production machines — gathering when they drift off the trees and settle about the landscape.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2021

In February catkins and hawthorn provide nectar for early pollinators.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2020

Shrubs whose best show is on stems that are 1 year old - common ninebark, flowering almond, rambling roses, kerria, and pussy willows grown as shrubs for their catkins - require slightly less severe pruning.

From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2019

It shakes the willow catkins; the leaves shine silver.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams