It's cottonwood season in Metro Detroit — arriving about a week late

Expect to see those flying floofs, and fluffy white stuff coating the ground in mass quantities in some spots around Southeast Michigan. Experts say the cottonwood trees are shedding their fuzzy seeds a week or so later than usual, due to the cooler spring we've had. Are cottonwood trees more trouble than they're worth? David Lowenstein, a consumer horticulture educator with Michigan State University, talked about the pros and cons in an interview with WWJ's Taylor Dietz. (Photo: Getty Images)