It’s been slow going since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a few more outdoors events are beginning to trickle in across the region. To get an event in the Outdoors calendar, contact Brad ...

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 ...

A pair of Pasque flowers emerged from under leaves Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Northland Arboretum. A symbol of Easter for the Christian faith and Passover for the Jewish faith, the spring 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 ...

In early spring, I eagerly anticipate the opening of the first pasque flower, with blossoms often pushing up through the season's last snow. I can only imagine the joy that pioneers and Native ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EASTER has come too early this year for the pasque flower to be in bloom, and even if Easter had not been early, the recent bouts of cold weather would surely have put the brakes on its appearance. In ...

Pasque flowers are one of those early spring bloomers that brighten up the garden well before most plants have budded out. Native to Europe and western Asia, its name refers to the timing of its ...