Wildlife Gardening Journal

Early Spring is Time to Plant Native Spring Ephemerals

Spring arrived early here at SunDog House, and my non-native spring ephemerals - crocuses, daffodils, grape hyacinths, and tulips - are blooming. My native ephemerals are emerging, as well. My lawn has spring beauties (likely Claytonia virginica), and my native violets are blooming. Woodland phlox is coming up in its container. The calendar says we're ...

Ephemerals, the Spring Woodlanders

Woodlanders…that’s what a friend called the Spring Ephemerals. I like that name, it makes me think of forest sprites and faeries - tiny, shy little plants that appear, flower, fruit and quickly disappear. Maybe these Ephemerals are magick? They seem to appear like magick…one day, there’s nothing but gray sky and dead, brown leaves on ...