Planting flower bulbs at the right time of year using the best methods for the specific flowers can help ensure that you have a rainbow of color blooming in your garden. One common question is whether ...

Waxed amaryllis bulbs are an innovation from Holland. They have been trendy in Europe for a few years. Now they are increasingly showing up in US stores and catalogs. Why coat amaryllis bulbs with wax ...

They’ll pay you back by blooming in April and May,” said Spencer Campbell, Plant Clinic manager at The Morton Arboretum in ...

Drought or no drought, your garden can have bling in spring. But to enjoy this miraculous March show, you need to get to work now. Planted in November, spring-flowering bulbs turn a blah brown ...

A little planning now means even the earliest days of spring can be filled with color. Plant these bulbs in September for a ...

I am re-reading Jacqueline van der Kloet’s widely praised Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden (Timber Press) and picking up new tricks from this Dutch “queen of bulbs”, while deciding that some of her ...

Flowering bulbs are one of the harbingers of spring, bringing with them a splash of unexpected color. For all their beauty, bulbs are surprisingly low maintenance, containing both seed and the source ...

There are plenty of daffodils, hyacinths and alliums that will delight with an assortment of flower colors and sizes that ...

This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a spring-blooming bulb with flowers that look like round purple lollipops.

The smaller bulbs of grape hyacinths can easily be forced indoors, but larger hyacinth bulbs require a bit more effort. Buy bulbs that have been specifically prepared for indoor forcing with a ...

Gardeners are constantly gaming the system, using fertilizers to force plants to direct energy toward more blooms, more fruit ...