Dear California transplants and any other newcomers to Oklahoma from west of the foothills of the Rockies: Those big white fluffs floating everywhere? Pollen. Wait’ll you see the bees. We kid!

Dear Master Gardener: I have lots of cottonwood fluff in my yard and caught the neighborhood children lighting some of it on fire on their driveway. This looks quite dangerous. Is cottonwood fluff ...

SCHENECTADY N.Y. (NEWS10)- Many Capital Region residents have been soaking up the unseasonably hot weather. But Schenectady Fire Chief Don Mareno is warning that the dry conditions have already ...

There is an abundance of green flakes coating the sidewalks and cars right now, and it seems hard to avoid the white cottony tufts in the air lately. There's green film on the waters along the shores ...

At least two Twin Cities area fire departments are saying that the fluffy and "extremely combustible" white stuff that has been falling from cottonwood trees of late is keeping their crews busy.

NORMAL — Blowing cottonwood tree fluff ignited by a stray cigarette butt sent flames skipping across some yards Thursday in northeast Normal, damaging the corner of one house, the back porch of ...

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Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. As soon as Dino Martinez saw the unobstructed views of the mountains and open space from the backyard, he said ...

You might have seen it – seemingly everywhere in some places – around central Ohio: Little bits of "fluff," white as snow, drifting down from the heavens or swirling in a light breeze. The “fluff” is ...

This week's column includes questions and answers from years past. The responses are from Curtis Smith, who used to write the Yard and Garden column. Answer (by Curtis Smith): Male cottonwood trees ...