| Sourwood decks itself with pendulous seedpods, and hazelnut displays dangling catkins in early spring. |
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| Late in the season, just as the seedpods begin to split, open a pod and gather the seeds. |
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| Dogs seem to suffer most with these small seedpods because the foxtails become imbedded in their coats. |
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| Even the seedpods, which are so often used in dried flower arrangements, suggest an otherworldly sense of exotic enchantment. |
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| Look out for Lepidium, a short herb with lacy spikes of pale pink flowers and rows of tiny oval seedpods. |
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| Both make allusive abstract forms that can suggest seedpods, cells or constellations, and both work in a generous scale with a sensitive touch. |
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| The annatto tree is quite pretty, with big green leaves and bright red, prickly seedpods. |
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| The hips of shrub roses make a colorful display, while southern magnolia has large seedpods with glowing red berries. |
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| Others, like gum guar, or locust bean gum, come from seedpods. |
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| After the flowers fade, seedpods form, then burst, revealing silky seeds. |
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| Watch for fully mature, dry seedpods and collect them before they shatter. |
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| It has a preference for residing in the silk-cotton tree because the silky fibres of the seedpods resemble its coat and may act to camouflage it from predators. |
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| The shimmering gold efflorescence of the golden rain tree, whose large clusters of bright yellow flowers turn to rosy, papery seedpods, is the first to herald autumn. |
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