Christopher de Vinck: Why have humans always loved flowers? Because we have always been sensitive to some of the more tender aspects of life. Lady Bird ...

Fedoras! Fascinators! Flower crowns! At the Easter Parade in Manhattan, elaborate headpieces put an exclamation point on celebrants’ style.

White prickly poppy: cupped, white flower with golden center that turns yellow once it has died. Rain lily: white trumpet-shaped flowers with white petals that eventually open up.

I chose a bunch of each color. Crossing to the checkout stand, a woman glanced at the yellow bonnets peeking out from beneath their more exotic kin.

PORTLAND, MI – There’s a pretty, little flower with yellow petals and heart-shaped leaves that grows in thick mats across the forest floor in parts of Michigan. The lesser celandine, also ...

The Rocky Mountain Indian paintbrush usually shows up as red flowers, although it can occasionally be orange or yellow. It’s found commonly in Idaho, but very rarely in neighboring states.