During this time of April, the woods are bright and open. Sunlight penetrates to the forest floor, and the dead leaves deposited here last fall are now unshielded. In winter, this region was under a ...

As the days get longer and the sun warms the forest floor, hepatica flowers start emerging. These charming early bloomers captivated the writer and naturalist John Burroughs, who extolled their ...

Hepatica isn't the earliest flower to appear each year by any means. Bitter cress, dandelion, henbit, purple dead nettle and other wayside plants can be found in open moist places by late January or ...

Daisy-like flowers always cheer me up. I think that is why I love spring ephemerals like Bloodroot and Hepatica. Bloodroot comes up in a cloak, wrapped like Phantom of the Opera and has a large ...

Hepatica doesn’t display the earliest flowers that bloom each year. Those of bitter cress, henbit, purple dead nettle, bird’s-eye speedwell, and others appear in open moist sunny spots by late January ...

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