In Minnesota, the American lotus is a protected wildflower — no removal of the plant is allowed. You are probably safe picking up seedpods that are unattached from the plant and have washed up on ...

Dear Master Gardener: I would like to collect lotus seed pods for flower arrangements. I heard now is a good time to walk along lakeshores and find the ones that have washed up on shore. Where can I ...

It's hard to believe these humble seeds grow in the beautiful lotus plant, about which reams of poetry have been written. What is it? The seeds of the lotus grow in a green, bowl-shaped pod, which is ...

Photo taken on July 21, 2022 shows lotus flowers in a lotus pond in Quanxin Village of Donglin Township, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu) Farmers harvest lotus seed pods in ...