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 may start on a different day depending on whom you ask. A meteorologist may say March 1, while an astronomer may say March 20. But what if you ask … the plants? Unfortunately, they won’t reply ...

Trout Lily and Spring Beauty are two ephemeral wildflowers that bloom in early spring before trees leaf out. They rely on insects and other wildlife for pollination and seed dispersal. Gardeners can ...

Two of my favorite spring plants, almost entirely based upon their progression from bud to leaf, are beech trees and false hellebore (a common wetland plant). I was thinking about why they are so ...

The recent boom in native-plant interest focuses mainly on trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers – by far the main workhorse plants of Pennsylvania landscapes. But even with the diversity ...