Editor's note: Rick Hollis of rural North Liberty is past president and newsletter editor for the Iowa City Bird Club. By Rick Hollis, community contributor Aldo Leopold said 'the chance to find a ...

Plants growing in a gravel garden - Photos By R A Kearton/Getty Images There are some plants that cannot grow without the perfect soil, and then there are those plants that seem happiest in the least ...

A symbol of resurrection and renewal, the pasque flower is symbolic of Easter for the Christian faith and Passover for the Jewish faith. A symbol of Easter and the renewal of spring, a pasque flower ...

What: Pulsatilla vulgaris Rote Glocke, also known as the red bells pasque flower, features almost-burgundy flowers enhanced by golden stamens. Bell-shaped flowers are supported by stems with fernlike ...

The pasque flower is one of the earliest spring flowers to catch your eye along hiking trails. This delicate lavender flower is a Colorado native perennial plant in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae ...

Pasque flowers bloom Monday, April 22, in the Northland Arboretum. Associated with Easter, the crocus blooms on or near Easter Sunday each year in dry pine barren soils. The flower is a symbol of ...

It’s been a long time — long before there was a La Crosse River Trail — since I saw my first pasque flower; I can’t even remember how old I was. It’s a lead-pipe cinch, though, that I was no more than ...

FERTILE, Minn. – Nice weather has finally arrived, and pasque flowers are blooming in the Fertile Sand Hills, where a hike to see the flowers is scheduled for Saturday morning. The guided hike will ...

Outdoors writer from Appleton, Minn., and author of several guidebooks, including "60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Minneapolis and St. Paul" Having spent many adventures in both the Boundary Waters Canoe ...