Bloodroot and many other native, early spring flowers to Wisconsin are still over a month away from flowering – but in some parts of the country they already are! Looking at a national map of where ...

Tiny leaf buds are forming on the apple and dogwood trees in Chris Kuhlow’s Port Jefferson Station backyard, and leaves are appearing on his black raspberry bushes and lilacs. For 15 years, Kuhlow, a ...

I was up hiking in the White Mountains this past weekend with a friend. It was raining and we were admiring just how green it was (while trying to ignore the mud we were slogging through). My hiking ...

Is it December or October? This oakleaf hydrangea is still holding its colorful fall leaves. The lingering and record-setting warmth we're having this month is throwing off the usual fall routine of ...

What is it that adorns this tree? Is it a fruit? Is it a flower? Often, it’s a promise. That’s what buds are: promises of next year’s leaves and blooms. “Most trees and shrubs in our region form their ...

Spring officially arrives on March 19, a meteorological waypoint that meshes with the “big reveal” time in the yard – when plants start to show us what made it through winter and what didn’t. Other ...

Warmer weather means Spring is on the way! However, this year, it’s a little behind schedule. Have you taken a walk through the park recently on one of these warm days? Look around – and you’ll notice ...

Two friends of mine, very different ages and backgrounds, have shared the same spring ritual with me. They eat the first beech leaves to unfold in spring. I had never actually noticed, until they ...

If you’re a new transplant to New Hampshire, you might not have noticed our “other foliage season.” Each spring, tiny tree flowers and swelling buds, ready to burst, paint a subtle wash of early ...