You are planting that old thing?
May 14, 2014 by Michael Tortorello
The Catalpa Tree Appreciation Society needs fresh blood.
There are no meetings to attend and no dues to pay. All you have to do is
appreciate the catalpa tree. Maybe plant one in the yard.
And that’s the hitch. Almost no one appreciates the catalpa
tree, and few gardeners have planted one since the financial crisis. The one in
the 1930s.
[…]
So why should the “cigar tree” have become less popular than
a cigar? And if a plant as congenial and durable as the catalpa could vanish
from the country’s nurseries and catalogs, what other horticultural treasures
might have faded with it?
[…]
In a broad sense, American homeowners have stopped spending
money on all types of trees and shrubs. Bruce Butterfield, the market research
director for the National Gardening Association, recorded a 46 percent drop in
landscaping purchases in the four years after the financial panic (the 2008
edition). During roughly the same period, food-gardening sales increased 40
percent.
[…]
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