May 26—The long wait to see the spring woods open up and produce new wildflowers was worth it. Quickly, as snow melted, the next phase began on the same forest floor that was covered by a snowpack ...

Worldwide there are about 500 species of violets — some growing as herbs, others as low shrubs - with the greatest variety occurring in the Andes Mountains of South America. There are about 50 native ...

The other day, I was photographing a large clump of common blue violets on a neighbor’s lawn when she remarked that they were pretty, but “mostly weeds.” I said I know that violets can be banes of ...

Usually around Mother’s Day, we start to notice violets blooming at Crossroads. That always makes me think of my mother and how, as a child, I picked a bouquet of violets for her every Mother’s Day.