Beautiful beginnings
A seed is arrested life in waiting, so to speak. It’s part of the magic of nature that so much genetic detail is held within the tiniest of vessels on Earth.
From the tallest trees like the sequoia redwoods of California to the minute realm of the tiniest of orchids in Ecuador, seeds hold the genetic code for the vast majority of our plant life.
For millennia, plants have successfully reproduced via seed dispersal. And seeds have adapted so well to their various climatic zones, habitats, soils, weather and seasonal upheavals, predation and more.
Seeds in their various forms have many cunning ways to get distributed throughout the environment. The various shapes, sizes and features of the seeds on our planet are truly amazing, from propeller-shaped to prickled, huge, hairy, exploding, sticky and smooth, to some so fine they float like dust.
SEEDS AND THE HOME GARDENER
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