that ragweed was the favorite plant of the fairies. But it seems strange that the fairies would like a plant that makes many people feel sick. In most flowers there are tiny grains called pollen....
What pine cones do
The pine tree is an evergreen tree with needles for leaves. The pine tree has pine cones, which are its seed makers. There are two kinds of pine cones. One is small and delicate. It is full of tiny...
How some insects help flowers
All flowers are seed makers. But to make seeds, a flower must get some pollen from another flower like itself. Many flowers need the help of bees or other insects to bring pollen to them. How do...
What a flower does
how flowers make seeds > When pollen lands on a flower's stigma, a tube grows down to the > ovule. Here it joins an egg to make a seed. The fruit forms around the > seed. A flower's job is to...