It has large blooms that only open early and late in the day. It has large, spiky seed pods and a beautiful flower. For two years now it died out and returned each spring. I have never seen this ...

It is grown for its size — six feet tall by late summer — and its lime green, spiky seed pods. 7. Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica): Tropical milkweed, sometimes called blood flower ...

Mammoth brown skeletons of teasel, going to seed, sport spiny seed pods. According to Jim Adams, chief curator of the Herb Garden, these seed pods were used by the colonists to card wool.

It is the seed pods that cause problems as they produce sharp spines as they mature. The spines on the pods can painfully puncture feet when walked on barefooted. Once the spiny seed pods have ...

spiky seed pods that chestnut grower John Rosenfeld called “squirrel armor” and likened to sea urchins. “They’re nice and soft and velvety on the inside,” Rosenfeld said of the seed pods ...

Spiky seed pods the size of Ping-Pong balls hang under the leaves. The plant is, frankly, kind of ugly. But that’s only during the day. Every night, it transforms. The moonflowers themselves are ...