You should not remove soil while the seed pods are present.

Children love to see this happen and look for ripe seed pods in early fall.

The seed pods' long journey back through time had begun.

What about those big seed pods we've seen floating down the river?

When is the proper time to remove the seed pods?

There: a shape like a huge seed pod split open from inside.

Inside each fat seed pod there will be one to three seeds.

The seed pods are a nuisance, too, to pick up and cut off.

They spin the leaves of their host together or live inside the seed pod.

Here and there in it they spotted more of the seed pods.

Examples can be found in composite flowers and seed heads.

The drying seed heads stay handsome in the garden for many weeks.

After that, most of the seed heads should be gone.

Pull up spent annuals, but remember to leave some seed heads for winter interest.

You needn't stand around waiting for them because the seed heads are held upright, so the seeds don't all fall out when the head opens.

It produces long, dark brown seed heads after flowering in summer.

Those on the bottom appear to be perpendicular to the seed head itself.

He picked off a couple of the more mature looking seed heads and turned back to the window.

This great plant then produces a bonus: a wonderful seed head.

The seed head had tufted; it must be early fall here.