The hazel is a native wild tree, as at home in gardens as it is in hedgerows and woodlands. It is at its most obvious now, in flower along roadways and woodland margins all over the country. Its pale ...

One of the minor joys in my garden at this time of year is catkins. I like minor joys – the sum of them often amounts to more than one spectacular set piece. Catkins are an inflorescence, or cluster, ...

In early December I noticed hazel bushes already with young budding catkins ready to burst forth. By early January, these will be splendid displays of yellow adorning hedges and woodland edge across ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Now spring flowers are beginning to line up to open. It is a demure procession in February ...

If you are craving flowers, these bold yellow columns of tiny blooms may be the answer I can’t stop thinking about the flower market. I make idle plans to get up early and sneak out into the dark, ...

GARDENING GERRY DALY ALMOST any stretch of rural roadside will reveal its catkin-carriers these days. For a few weeks, the catkins of hazel have been a delight and these have been joined now by the ...

As the days grow longer and the air warms up, nature is bursting back to life. Even before their leaves return, trees produce delicate, fuzzy structures known as catkins. These tiny, downy threads, ...

The word catkin comes from a Dutch word that means kitten and it refers to the resemblance of a catkin to a cat's tail. Now is a good time to see catkins hanging from the bare branches of our native ...