As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the ...

Since I have been involved in the gardening business for the majority of my life – which has been a very long time – I find myself reminiscing more and more each year. When I was growing up in the ...

Meadows are trendy alternatives to big lawns these days as much of the gardening public aims to aid pollinators and beef up their yards’ native-plant inventory. For most, that means planting or ...

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The emergence of bulbs in spring heralds the annual start of the garden springing back into life from its winter slumber. The sight of the early bloomers, such as snowdrops and winter aconites, can be ...

Think spring! Late September to early October is prime time for planting spring-flowering bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths and alliums — whether you plant them in the ground or in ...

Once the daffodils start popping up, there's no denying that spring has well and truly sprung. But how can you keep these pops of sunshine in your garden for longer, and is deadheading the answer? If ...

The best time to plant spring bulbs depends on your growing zone. In general, you should plant bulbs six weeks before your projected first frost date. For many growing zones, October is the best time ...

While it’s nearing the end of the line this time of year for most of the landscape, there’s one group of plants when it’s prime time to start them – spring-flowering bulbs. Led by tulips, daffodils, ...

Spring flowering bulbs including tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and others are planted during early October through part of November. Ideally, bulbs should go into the ground two to four weeks before ...

The bulbs flowering in my garden at home are putting on a great show as are the ones at the Garden. Spring-flowering bulbs are very effective for bringing early color into the garden. Bulbs do not ...

In Chicago, where I grew up, tulips were pretty much the only thing that kept us going through the winter. You can survive snow, and you can survive ice, and you can even survive the razor winds that ...