Is snow good for plants? February is the Harrisburg area’s snowiest month, averaging 9.4 inches of the fluffy white stuff in a typical February. (A normal January gives us 9.1 inches, and we get ...

Man brushing snow from the branches of a pine tree - Lazhko Svetlana/Shutterstock Trees and shrubs draped in snow flurries can instantly transform your landscape into a winter wonderland. However, ...

Have you heard of an ig? It’s a snow house without a loo. Besides making traditional Eskimo houses, snow plays a vital role in winter survival of trees, shrubs and perennial flowers in northern ...

Glory of the snow (Chionodoxa luciliae) is a beautiful, cheerful little flower that shows up early enough to make you stop and smile just when winter feels like it's dragging on. Native to the rocky ...

Have you been walking through Lake Tahoe forests in late spring and spotted a bright red plant that didn’t seem to belong there? Almost alien looking, the snow plant, also known as Sarcodes sanguinea, ...