We have reached the summer solstice, the day of the longest daylight of the year and the first day of summer. As we progressed through the approximately 90 days of spring, we could watch the changes ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Trees, yards and gardens are lush with all the rain recently. But some people wonder if the weather has also helped stop a pesky problem this time of year. Why are some maple trees not ...

Q: Are there red maple trees that don’t produce the helicopter seeds? They are so profuse, and the seedlings are annoying to weed out of the yard. Yes, there are some options for seedless maples. Red ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winged seeds called samaras grow on maple trees. These are seeds from the Japanese maple, _Acer palmatum_. AlessandroZocc/iStock ...

Dear Neil: Do red maple seeds need to be scarified like the Texas mountain laurel seeds you described here a few weeks ago? A: No. Like most plants, their seed coats are not hard. Just plant them.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Seeds, samaras, helicopters: Whatever you call maple seeds, there is a bumper crop this spring in Iowa.