This individual Galax plant follows the same bloom pattern as the Galax population as a whole. Just as the flowers on the bottom of the stalk are wide open a...

I thought these Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) were looking mighty nice as they began to bloom. Then I noticed the drops of water hanging off the ...

(Clockwise from left: Some of the first ramps to emerge in the Smokies this year (3/9); Early ramps in the Toe River Valley (3/11); A ramp plant sending up i...

Remember the Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) that I wrote about in the phenology post? The ones in my neighborhood (2700') started to bloom just before th...

What will happen to the plants and flowers that are tricked into opening early during this shockingly warm February? I’ve heard this question a lot this wint...