Catkins

The walnut trees at Justin’s are flowering.
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These are catkins, the male part of the walnut tree ie. “a slim cylindrical flower cluster with inconspicuous or no petals.”
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They are wind pollinators and have been known to pollinate trees a mile away. Once their job is done, they fall to the ground,
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and, wah-la, baby walnuts are born.
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