In the past few weeks, maple trees have been dropping samaras, or more commonly referred to as “helicopter” seeds in vibrant red and pink colors. But what’s causing the change in color?

Called samaras, the spinners carry the red maple seeds, which you can try growing new trees from for an easy garden project.

The seeds of red maple are quite popular with squirrels and birds. This tree is sometimes confused with red-leaved cultivars of Norway maple. The tree grows best in wet locations and has no other ...

All maples, especially the silver and red varieties, have been affected ... for an evaluation, he said. Maple seeds are familiar for their two small "wings" that allow them to spiral downward ...

The seeds of red maple are quite popular with squirrels and birds. This tree can sometimes be confused with red-leaved cultivars of Norway maple. 'Armstrong': Grows in all 50 states, has ...

A couple of questions came in recently about red maple trees. Lena said her maple on the side of her Stuart home looks like it is struggling. She reports it bloomed some and set seeds, but many of ...

You may have noticed lots of those helicopter maple tree seeds filling up rain gutters or piling up on the sidewalk this year ...

Red maple seed is also easily carried by wind, which is a very good way to move things uphill. It also matures in early spring when natural food supplies are relatively abundant. In so doing ...

The spiky, iconic Canadian maple leaf. A large, lush Florida palm leaf. Thin aspen leaves rustling in the crisp Colorado air. You can probably recall many different leaf shapes from many different ...

Using red maple trees as an example, Johnson said some years they will have 20% female flowers, the part that pollinates and creates seeds. In other years, the same tree might produce 60% female ...

The timing for seed production and full leaf expansion varies widely among maple species in Ohio, with red maples being the first to bloom, followed closely by silver maples. Sugar maples are ...