There’s probably no more delicate flower found in our gardens. I’ll give you two choices of names: Lycoris squamigera or “naked ladies.” Or you can go with the unimaginative “surprise lilies” that is ...

It’s now the middle of August when warblers and other Neotropical migrant birds are starting to move south. American redstarts feeding on or looking for insects have shown up in the front yard and ...