Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of an unspecified Japanese maple seed pod - Lois GoBe/Shutterstock Many home landscapers love the look of Japanese ...

Here's how to plant a Japanese maple tree and keep it thriving for years to come. From an aesthetic point of view, Japanese maples have a distinctive architectural beauty year-round but especially ...

As a child living in the mid-Atlantic region, I recall watching the “helicopters” of maple seeds floating down from the trees and how we’d try to run around and catch them before they hit the ground.

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.