Amaryllis are easy-care houseplants that brighten a bleak winter's day with their blooms. However, the bulbs are vulnerable ...
If you're a little hazy on when exactly you should be planting bulbs for spring you're in the right place. Overall it's pretty straightforward but there is a slight variation between different types ...
Here’s what you need to know to create a beautiful spring garden Gardens inherently occupy a fourth dimension. Plants respond directly to the passage of time: each day, each season, each year.
Showy irises are standouts in any flower garden, whether you use them as a border or as the star of the show. The distinct shape and petal arrangement make these flowers easy to identify, even though ...
After a long, cold winter, spring-blooming bulbs are a welcome sight in your garden. From daffodils to tulips and crocuses to snowdrops, spring bulbs add much-needed color to the landscape, just when ...
If you're wondering if January is too late to plant bulbs, a garden expert weighs in. Here’s everything you need to know ...
As autumn crisps the air, we gardeners fall to our knees, planting bulbs in soil newly softened by the returning rains. Ideally, that is; if some years stay stubbornly dry well into winter, it’s ...
Bulbs bursting with color are one of the best ways to light up an outdoor space, long before most perennials, trees and shrubs have begun to grow. Planting spring bulbs should result in a gorgeous ...
For some of us, planting time is long past − but not for me. I am always busy in the fall, planting everything I can. It is almost time to plant garlic, which is my easiest crop of all. And I’ll soon ...
Amaryllis is the festive flower du jour, as synonymous with midwinter as pine trees and poinsettias. Perfect for adding understated yuletide sophistication to any room, place a few cut stems in a tall ...
Tulips have long been celebrated for their lively colors and beautiful blooms. So much so that centuries ago, Europeans—who didn’t know when to plant tulip bulbs or how to grow them—saw the Middle ...