Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is one of several strikingly lovely spring ephemerals that bloom only for a short window of time just after winter chill, but before the spring frenzy and summer ...

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise — and possibly a nasty rash, if you happen to pick some pretty white flowers. The deceptively delicate flowers of bloodroot, a ...

Peeking from the soil in my yard on March 26 were green leaves about an inch tall that I hadn’t seen yesterday. They were the leaves of bloodroot, which produces white, multi-petaled flowers close to ...

Daisy-like flowers always cheer me up. I think that is why I love spring ephemerals like Bloodroot and Hepatica. Bloodroot comes up in a cloak, wrapped like Phantom of the Opera and has a large ...

At the Schuylkill Center’s front door, in the garden on the right as you approach the entrance, is a small stand of wildflowers that started opening late last week- one of the most welcome of the many ...

Trillium: Known as "wake robin" because it's a harbinger of spring, three-leaved trillium has a large flower with flaring white petals that resemble a lily. Attractive reddish purple seed capsules ...

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is surely one of most widely admired wildflowers in the eastern United States. From now until late April, walk through any rocky, deciduous forest or along a ...

A little-known white-flowering plant is Virginia’s wildflower of the year, an honor given annually by the Virginia Native Plant Society. Bloodroot — botanically called Sanguinaria canadensis — enjoys ...

A woodland plant native to the eastern half of the United States and Canada, bloodroot has long been used to create a variety of natural medicines, including bloodroot salve. Traditionally, bloodroot ...

Even though spring’s first day is more than three weeks away, some of my most favorite wildflowers of early spring — and of the entire year — are blooming now. They include trout lilies, hepatica and ...

Believe it or not, winter is coming to an end, and spring blooms are just a few weeks away. Tulips and daffodils - flowers present in gardens across Canada - are often associated with the start of the ...