When entire trees began to show colors, particularly white, this is an indication that the black locust and wild black cherry trees are in flower.

Yes, tall trees, almost all trees, produce flowers but most tree flowers are small and don't have showy petals and other parts. There is a reason for this variation, a method in extremism, so to speak.

Trees, the oaks, walnuts and birches, produce tiny insignificant-looking flowers because these trees are wind-pollinated. The wind doesn't care what a flower looks like. Wind carries any light pollen everywhere.

If a tree relies on animals, incl...