Cottonwood "cotton" is flying/ Bad Company Ó Thomas Leo Ogren I originally saw the question below posted in an Internet gardening forum and decided to answer it. It was a question I'd been asked many times before and I knew my answer would be useful in an article on springtime allergies caused by

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If there is one flowering plant that New Zealanders call their National Flower it is the Kowhai. It grows naturally throughout the dryer areas of New Zealand and because it is so popular it is planted in almost every garden. There are however 2 main species of Kowhai. Sophora tetraptera, North Island