Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you look carefully in the spring woods, you might be surprised to find what looks like a clump of small yellow dandelions. They ...

Hexham, Northumberland: It’s back in flower on the riverbank – 80 years ago, mobilised herb-gatherers would have been harvesting this as part of the wartime effort On our way into town this morning we ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Coltsfoot, or tussilago farfara, is opening now. This is a curious-looking plant — though you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re noticing bright yellow flowers that look like dandelions popping up in your neighbourhood, you may be seeing coltsfoot, ...

It’s not supposed to be 79 degrees on March 10, but it was this past Tuesday afternoon. While I was out walking around the yard late in the day looking at my flower gardens, I found myself sweating ...

As we delight in our first garden crocuses, we might wonder, what’s the first wildflower of spring? Some candidates don’t match our everyday notion of a flower. Everyone loves pussy willows (Salix ...

It’s still only January, but spring is already making its presence felt in parts of the archipelago in southwest Finland. Brightly-hued yellow coltsfoot flowers (leskenlehti in Finnish) have been seen ...

11 January 1921 The changing face of nature gives a soothing, mental rest when we are wearied by the perplexing whirl of commerce and politics In spring, and more noticeably in that part of winter ...

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