What's That Blooming Tree?

Common blooming trees were the fruit trees in April, apple and cherry, the princess tree in early May, the locust in mid-May  and now the Catalpa.  This is blooming along Bellona near the Ruxton Road intersection but there are a few in the neighborhood.  One is at the corner of Wagner and Rolandvue, another in the yard at the upper end of Cloverlea.

We had Catalpa on the list last year.  The new wrinkle from the internet is the catalpa worm or caterpillar said to be useful for fishing.  While this sounds interesting, examination of the lower leaves of 8-10 trees show no worms.  It may be the colder, wet weather.  Will continue the search and try to find the worms in Lake Roland.  There is a northern and southern catalpa with the caterpillars more on the latter.  In the south they raise catalpa just for the bait.

The photos show the white flowers, the large heart-shaped leafs and the larva.

Sphinx moth caterpillar on the catalpa, from Wikipedia.