Nature’s splendor moved indoors on Sunday. On April 6 at the Tamarack Marketplace Conference Center Ballroom in Beckley, the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (NRGNPP), a unit of the National ...

There are between 400 and 500 species of violets worldwide, spanning colors from blue, yellow, white, purple, to orange, gentian and burgundy.

Spring brings the return of color to the garden. Bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in.

Spring brings the return of color to the garden as bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s ...

To a passerby, it probably looked like the volunteers wandering a soggy Murrysville meadow one morning this week were just ...

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.

Aptly named for their troutlike mottling, the leaves of the trout lily are slightly succulent and also slightly sweet. The flower, when it emerges, is yellow, and shaped somewhat like a Turk’s cap.