Tumbleweeds are a classic sight in the American West.At the end of a growing season, the mature plants detach themselves from their roots and roll with the wind, spreading their seeds far and wide.In the spring when the temperatures are right, the tumbleweed seeds send out roots and if they find enough moisture they grow fast and tall, but in a unique ball shape so that they in turn can tumble across the desert prairie.On windy summer days it sometimes seems that the whole desert is moving, a rolling living thing.Prairie tumbleweeds bound across your path… or, in this day and age, tumble across the freeway as you’re driving along.Tumbleweeds (Tumble weeds) an are unmistakably a trademark of the West. Great to use with dried grasses or pine cones for decorations.
