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 ...

Aside from warmer temperatures and longer days, the best part about spring’s arrival (especially after a long, cold winter) is seeing all the fresh spring flowers blooming brightly. There’s no ...

As the soil warms and the first green shoots of spring emerge, hummingbirds make their way back north after wintering in Mexico and Central America. When they arrive in our yards and gardens after ...

Think for a moment about spring flowers, and likely two of the most common to come to mind are daffodils (Narcissus) and tulips (Tulipa). Even nongardeners are likely to know these flowers, and ...

Spring pruning can rejuvenate many types of plants and make way for fresh leafy growth. However, there are some spring-blooming plants that you should never prune until after their flowers have faded.

Roses are red. Violets are blue. But sometimes they can be yellow, too. Or even white. Roughly 20 species of violets grow in Illinois, and many have heart-shaped leaves with five petals on blooms ...

Summer is a highpoint in the perennial garden and by combining a variety of bloom times and plant height, gardeners can enjoy ...

I was visiting a friend’s home last week and she seemed to be concerned about masses of small, bright, colorful flowers spotted throughout various sections of her lawn. Most of the flowers are vivid ...

Do you ever wish you could predict the future? The National Park Service in Washington D.C. does it every year when they forecast when the... Predicting spring bloom is an art — and a science ...

In a Zone 6a garden, the shift from spring to summer has brought steady rain and warmer days that encourage new growth.