Last week we talked about trilliums, after a motherlode of the May blooms popped up around my yard. At the same time I did my trillium count, I noticed another surprise down on the forest floor: ...

A flower that showed up in my hosta bed several years ago surprised me. I hadn’t planted it, in fact don’t think I ever saw one in the woods. It was jack-in-the-pulpit. Don’t know how it got there, ...

Jack-in-the-pulpits are one of my all-time favorite spring wildflowers. I grew up with one that came back year after year in the bed of pachysandra outside the kitchen door. It always felt like an old ...

The jack-in-the-pulpit is a native North American woodland flower that blooms in early spring in Southeast Missouri. This spring and summer I have seen many jack-in-the-pulpit plants dry up and die ...

The Aquatic Life station discussed plants and animals that inhabit the water. Here, we focus on plants that live in wet areas, but not in the water. Jack-in-the-pulpit flowers from April to June. Its ...