early spring rains and the availability of sunlight under leafless trees. They poke up, grow quickly, put on a colorful show ...

Winter aconite appears as the snow melts in March to brighten the winter landscape. The plant’s buttercup-shaped flowers and ...

What triggered the early arrival of spring this year? And what could the end of La Niña spell for New England weather in the ...

They poke up, grow quickly, put on a colorful show and then go dormant all within 6 to 8 weeks, typically from when the last snow melts ... rhizomes in either spring or early fall.

Megan McCarthy, an assistant horticulturist at Memorial University's Botanical Garden, says many flowers ... snow and freezing temperatures could cause some damage. "When you have an early spring ...

This past week, the landscape throughout much of Greater Columbus turned white almost overnight; not from an early spring snow, but from a blizzard of billowy white flowers of Callery pear trees!

The concept of slowing down and smelling the flowers ... sign of early spring is finding things we lost after our first snowstorm. Every year, we are hopeful the winter's snow will somehow ...

Compared to most garden plants, ephemerals are fleeting, but their role in bridging the gap between winter and spring is invaluable. Ephemerals come to life in very early spring to take advantage ...