Ashley Doris @MissAshleyDoris in Playboy

With winter darkness primed to blaze into floral glory, our thoughts turn to one of Emerson’s most brilliant turns of phrase: “The earth laughs in flowers.” For true transcendence, we offer a ravishing bloom in human form: Miss March Ashley Doris, an exotic rose (and our first Connecticut–born and –bred Playmate) of black, Spanish, English and German extraction. She’s not afraid to get her hands dirty.