If you’ve ever been told to “wait for warm weather” before planting, you might assume seeds hate the cold. But here’s a twist—some seeds actually thrive when the soil is chilly. That’s right, while ...

Q. Last fall, I collected Japanese maple seeds from trees in the neighborhood and planted about 100 of them in small pots, left them out over the winter, and did not get a single sprout. Advice on how ...

Here are some good tips for germinating seeds that are hard to start or are having trouble germinating. Have some patience though as it could take anywhere from three days to three weeks for a seed to ...

What do a hummingbird, a moth, and a maple tree have in common? They all use a similar trick to fly. Okay, okay, a maple tree doesn’t fly. But its seeds kind of do. Maples make those little whirlybird ...

Barbara Lethcoe is up to her ears in maple tree seeds. But she isn’t the only one with this problem. Maple trees throughout the city have shown to be producing more seedlings this year, causing ...

How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer. It was with such ...