When we are living through the darkest, coldest weeks of winter, it is sometimes hard to imagine that spring will ever come. But every year, miraculously, it does. And this glorious shift to something ...

Spring has sprung! As winter has started fading away and the days have grown longer, nature is beginning to awaken for spring. One of the most exciting parts of the early spring season is the leaves ...

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 ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...

Close to 100 people lined up Saturday morning to participate in a donation-based winter sowing activity sponsored by the Valparaiso Native Plant Group. Visitors were able to leave the event with their ...

Beat the winter blues by planting now — from snapdragons to foxgloves, these spring flowers started from seed will have ...

A monarch butterfly forages on an ironweed flower in the native lawn of Karen Rawson in the front yard of her home in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, September 9, 2024. Rawson began replacing ...

* What it is: Virginia bluebells are a Pennsylvania-native perennial that typically grow in woodland colonies and produce clusters of small, blue, trumpet-shaped clusters from late March into early ...

Pennsylvania’s climate is perfect for growing spring-blooming bulbs. We have plenty of winter cold for favorites such as tulips and daffodils to get their needed “chill” time, then we usually have a ...

Winter pansies, also known as ice pansies, are a favorite in the Southern garden for a reason: They can stand downright ...