Examples of spring ephemerals include trout lilies, Virginia bluebells, trilliums, bloodroot, foamflowers, mayapples, and ...

Calendars can be handy, but there's nothing quite like spotting certain blooms to let you know spring has officially arrived.

Pure white "ginryoso" flowers, or Monotropastrum humile, bloom among fallen leaves at Oomiwa Jinja shrine in Sakurai, Nara ...

The short-lived blossoms are soaking up sun before shade envelops them.