Native spring wildflowers are ephemeral. Early blooming wildflowers often grow from underground structures called corms and bulbs which store energy from the previous growing season. Some years ...

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 ...

Ephemerals are plants that will sprout leaves, bloom, set seed, and then the foliage will turn yellow and die back and disappear, all within the space of a few short weeks.

Spring ephemeral wildflowers illustrate the delicate balance of the natural world and the beauty that emerges when precious ecosystems are protected and allowed to thrive.

Ephemerals come to life in very early spring to take advantage of the season’s increased soil moisture, early spring rains and the availability of sunlight under leafless trees.

Native spring ephemerals are great garden additions if you want something that will spread. Ephemerals spread vegetatively through the expansion of their rhizomes, which grow little by little each ...

URBANA — Spring ephemeral flowers are nature’s gems after winter. These short-lived beauties are wildflowers that grow in woodlands in the early spring before the leaves on deciduous trees are ...

A spring ephemeral is a plant that emerges before the tree’s leaf out. They take advantage of the sunshine hitting the woodland floor before leaves take over.

Steve Kelley of Kelley and Kelley Nursery of Long Lake/Orono area of Minnesota, shares his knowledge of the early little beauties known as spring ephemerals. Virginia Bluebells, Jack-in-the-Pulpit ...

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 ...