April is a great month to celebrate native plants. Recently, Massachusetts joined the growing number of states across the country to declare the first full month of spring “Native Plant Month.” For me ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ephemerals are unusual plants that love early spring weather: cool and a bit wet. They bring color and otherworldly flowers to shadier corners. They tend to hug the ground plane, avoiding the cold, ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Every year I know that spring has arrived when it’s time for my family to forage for ramps on a two-acre patch on the hill above my house. We have just ...

In late winter and early spring, a select group of plants rise from the earth, grow, procreate and die in a race against emerging forest canopies. Like their amphibious cousins (or college students ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellow wakerobin (Trillium luteum), at center, combines well with other native spring ephemerals in the garden, according to New ...