Here are 10 native spring ephemerals to consider: Azure bluet (Houstonia caerulea) — Small, pale-blue flower with yellow ...

By JESSICA DAMIANO 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 ...

Japanese Anemones bring elegance ... It spreads low to the ground, covering rock gardens, borders, or slopes with a sea of pink, purple, or white flowers. This sun-loving perennial is drought ...

Azure bluet (Houstonia caerulea) — Small, pale-blue flower with yellow center and rosette leaves. Sow seeds just below the soil surface. Grow in rock gardens or in the lawn, but don’t mow ...

Azure bluet (Houstonia caerulea) — Small, pale-blue flower with yellow center and rosette leaves. Sow seeds just below the soil surface. Grow in rock gardens or in the lawn, but don’t mow ...

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 ...

Grow in rock ... flower per plant, each on its own stem. Spreads quickly to form a ground cover. Grows 12-14 inches tall. Calypso orchid, fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa) — A single, dainty ...

Grow in rock ... flower per plant, each on its own stem. Spreads quickly to form a ground cover. Grows 12-14 inches tall. Calypso orchid, fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa) — A single, dainty ...

anemones, and other creatures that seem designed by a particularly imaginative child. “I want this one to be purple with tentacles! And this one should stick to rocks and look like a flower!” The ...

Photo credit: Benjamin Rimorin In spring, the prairie becomes a natural tapestry of purple lupines, orange poppies, yellow buttercups, and dozens of other native flowers whose names ... intricate ...