The step affects the long-term health of the plant because it has to store energy rather than develop seed pods.

To access the best seeds for the propagation of native species, botanists often need to safely and sustainably collect from a variety of mother trees. In Uganda, Sebastian Walaita at the Tooro ...

New plants can be propagated from the many small seeds within that hip. Georgia Gardener Walter Reeves says this task can be started indoors in the wintertime but could take 4 - 8 weeks before the ...

Watch for seed pods to form after the flower is spent and a change in color from green to yellow or brown, indicating dryness. For poppies, your timing for collecting has some wiggle room ...

The plants have finished and I was going to clear them away to the compost heap but noticed a lot of pods on them. Can I collect the seed from these to sow again next spring or is it best to buy ...

An easy way to help monarch butterflies is to provide a habitat by collecting the seed pods and planting the seeds. If you don’t have space to plant the seeds, simply collect the milkweed seed ...

At the Red Banks Alvar State Natural Area,efforts are underway to improve the prairie habitat -- and it begins with collecting seeds. "We're taking buckets out in the field with us, and then we do ...

Collect it, share it with your friends, take it to a seed library, and share it through your community,” Finch said. Monarda, mountain mint, and milkweed are all good perennial examples native ...

If you only want to try growing a few iris seeds at first, you can simply gather them when they're ready and plant their seeds to start new plants. All you need to do is collect the round, bright ...

While early settlers were known to use the beans as a substitute for coffee, the agency notes that the seeds and pods are poisonous. However, researchers haven’t determined what exactly makes ...

During the Christmas season, wreaths are everywhere, even in public places. People put their creative skills to work and create them out of all kinds of things. As a gardener, those made from ...