Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 10—If you think you've been seeing an invasion of helicopters this year, you're not imagining things. Southern Minnesota ...

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 ...

From an aesthetic point of view, Japanese maples have a distinctive architectural beauty year-round but especially after their leaves fall. From a practical perspective, these maple trees are compact ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – You may have noticed something different about the maple tree seeds this year: they’re pink. In the past few weeks, maple trees have been dropping samaras, or more commonly ...

Many home landscapers love the look of Japanese maple trees (Acer palmatum) for their garden or yard, and it's easy to see why. Native to Japan, Korea, and other parts of Asia, these perennial ...

Q. Last fall, I collected Japanese maple seeds from trees in the neighborhood and planted about 100 of them in small pots, left them out over the winter, and did not get a single sprout. Advice on how ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Seeds, samaras, helicopters: Whatever you call maple seeds, there is a bumper crop this spring in Iowa.

The seeds that drop from maple trees each fall, whirring softly to the ground like silent one-winged helicopters, are the inspiration for a new kind of flying machine that could be useful for military ...

If you think you’ve been seeing an invasion of helicopters this year, you’re not imagining things. Southern Minnesota maple trees are producing a copious amount of seeds that flutter from their ...

Here's how to plant a Japanese maple tree and keep it thriving for years to come.