Minnesota’s spring ephemeral flowers come and go quickly. A sprinkling of white. Posies of purple. A carpet of pink. They have only a short time to soak up the full warmth and light of the sun before ...

The long wait to see the spring woods open up and produce new wildflowers was worth it. Quickly, as snow melted, the next phase began on the same forest floor that was covered by a snowpack lasting ...

When Julie Ann Wegscheid first saw creeping bellflower along the fence line of her home in St. Paul’s Como neighborhood, she didn’t think much of it. “These are kind of cool,” she thought of the ...

It may still be winter, but the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska is already in full bloom for spring. The arboretum is hosting its annual Spring Flower Show Feb. 8 – March 10 and is encouraging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring has sprung! As winter has started fading away and the days have grown longer, nature is beginning to awaken for spring. One ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

Like watching the credits roll by at the end of a favorite movie, fall to-do lists for the garden contain lots of tasks centered on closing up the beds for the year. Harvesting, trimming back dead ...