If you're looking for instant gratification, McConnell recommends agapanthus, a fast-growing, drought-tolerant plant with stalks that produce an explosive flower head that resembles a summer sparkler.

Get the jump on the growing season this year with these pretty early spring flowers that just can’t wait for warm weather. Because these perennial flowers, trees and shrubs are the first to unfurl ...

An early morning round of frost may not inspire much confidence in getting a few flowers going for the spring and summer garden, but if choosing the right flowers you can get jump on planting and ...

Get your garden growing this spring by adding spring ephemeral plants. Learn how to grow bloodroot, mayapple, trillium and ...

Most of our autumn gardening time is spent cleaning up and putting plants to bed for the winter, but it can also be a time to be proactive about improving our gardens for next spring. The greatest ...

These unique perennials are one of the very first plants to bloom in early spring, or even late winter, ushering in the new gardening season. They begin blooming well before tulips and daffodils and ...

Daffodils, violets and other flowers are arriving early in many gardens and fields this spring, unfurling lovely colors and shedding light on how plants are adapting to climate change. Observers are ...

Spotted at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest -- a flower in bloom!That's right, one singular, beautiful flower. Forest officials posted a photo of it to the Facebook page explaining that a Higan ...

BOSTON - It's hard to not notice the early signs of spring in the middle of winter, but is this too much too soon? You may notice some early blooming flowers like crocuses, eranthis and witch hazel ...