Spring brings the return of color to the garden as bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s a less common category of plants that’s also worth knowing: native spring ...

It’s late winter and soon we will start (if we haven’t already!) seeing the very earliest blooming ephemeral spring flowers, such as snowdrops and winter aconites. Ephemerals are plants that will ...

Pink or Rocky Mountain spring beauties, Claytonia rosea, were blooming early in May on Flagstaff Mountain. Slender stems 3 to 6 inches tall were topped with one or two flowers one-fourth to ...

Pink spring beauties are ephemerals that sustained the earliest Americans, and selection pressure may hold the clue to color variation Pink or Rocky Mountain spring beauties, Claytonia rosea, were ...

Nothing says "spring!" quite like the emergence of wildflowers in the woodlands. Taking advantage of the spring sunshine that warms the forest floor before the tree leaves emerge, these perennial ...

Once there’s even a hint of spring in the air, such as longer days with more sunshine or the plaintive song of the black-capped chickadee, it’s time to look for ephemeral wildflowers. In fact, by now ...

Spring brings the return of color to the garden as bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s a less common category of plants that’s also worth knowing: native spring ...