Forget the name; here are seven varieties that would make great garden plants.

Alongside all the beauty of a hike through the woods comes the added hassle of having to remove all those spiky seeds from your clothes.

There's a tree in your backyard that produces spiked round balls, and you have no idea what it is. We can help you identify it, and explain the purpose of those odd seed pods it drops.

Only a few types of trees have spherical, prickly seed pods, and each of these spiky trees has distinctive features. Here's how to tell them apart.

Once the spiny seed pods have formed, there is nothing you can do to alleviate the problem. A two-prong approach will work best when controlling burweed or sticker weed.

A couple of years ago this flower grew out of a small hole by the utility pole in the driveway. It has large blooms that only open early and late in the day. It has large, spiky seed pods and a ...

Green burials: Plans for new biodegradable human seed pods to replace traditional coffins The designers say that as the biodegradable capsule breaks down its contents will nourish a sapling ...

The seeds shoot out of the pod, and the pod falls from its stem. The name "impatiens" refers to the impatience of the seeds to pop out of the pods.

Green seed pods on this Althea will turn brown and the woody capsules will open to release their seeds. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette) Q Here is a picture of my hibiscus plant.

Spiky balls from sweetgum trees can be used to protect green bean shoots against snails and slugs. Photo by Nick Rood ...

In Florida, these spiky seedpods are from the Sweet Gum tree, which resembles a maple. Here in Kentucky, they're called Liquid Amber tree pods. What you need: ...

Once the spiny seed pods have formed, there is nothing you can do to alleviate the problem. A two-prong approach will work best when controlling burweed or sticker weed.