seeds

By the 18th century, it was fashionable in the colonies of North America where a garden was essential to feed a family.

Seeds for cabbage, carrots, zucchini, tomato, dill and more can be found at the Seed Library inside the Monroe County Public Library.

The calypso orchid is one of the most eye‑catching little flowers you'll see on forest floors across the Northern United States, Canada, and Europe. It's an early bloomer that appears in springtime each year, showing off deep purple petals and a yellow fringe on its dainty white lower lip.

It is easy and fun to save seeds from this year’s annuals.

Last time on A Moment Of Science we learned about plants that disperse their seeds via zoochory, meaning they've evolved various ways to hitch rides with animals. A particularly interesting case of this latter form of zoochory is mistletoe, the holiday smooching plant.

Just as animals are often driven to great lengths, literally and figuratively, to propagate their species, plants too are driven to reproduce. To do this, plants need to disperse their seeds, so that they have space to germinate and grow.

Seeds aren't as dangerous as some urban legends might lead you to believe, but they also aren't very good for you, either.