Spring brings the return of color to the garden as bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s a less common category of plants that’s also worth knowing: native ...

Grows 9 inches tall. Trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — Blotchy leaves and red-tinged, nodding yellow flowers with curled-back petals. Will perform best in full sun but can handle part shade.

The maidenhair fern lawn is Himalayan maidenhair fern (Adiantum venustum) interplanted with cardamine, fritillaria bulbs and erythronium. Brummet recommends mixing bulbs like camas with later ...

Grows 9 inches tall. • Trout lily (Erythronium americanum) —Blotchy leaves and red-tinged, nodding yellow flowers with curled-back petals. Will perform best in full sun but can handle part shade.

Grows 9 inches tall. Trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — Blotchy leaves and red-tinged, nodding yellow flowers with curled-back petals. Will perform best in full sun but can handle part shade.

(Joseph OBrien/USDA Forest Service/Bugwood.org via AP) This June 5, 2027, image provided by Bugwood.org shows Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) blooming at the New York Botanical Garden in The ...