Plants on the Move

A gorgeous, lyrical exploration of how seeds travel from plant to plant, take root, and grow.


When you think of a plant, you don't think of how it moves. But the feathery seeds of the dandelion fly to other gardens, strawberry tendrils creep, and maple seeds spin. There are many different ways plants move, not only as they grow, but in their quest to reproduce: falling, clinging, floating, burrowing—even exploding!

Fourteen plant journeys are chronicled, but more than sixty species are highl...