Fall is the season to plant bulbs for early spring color. You can have a colorful garden very early next spring if you plant some bulbs right now. Early-blooming Daffodils, Hyacinths, Tulips and many ...

After a long, dark winter, the appearance of early spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils are a welcome, colorful harbinger of spring. If you want to look forward to a garden full of yellow, pink, ...

Slowly but surely, the chilly autumn breeze has us retreating from our gardens and into the cosy corners of our homes. But before we bid our plots farewell until next year, there’s one more thing to ...

Picture your neighborhood in April, when your heart is lifted by bright blue squill, white snowdrops and yellow daffodils. Aren’t there spots in your yard just begging for that bloom? “If you want to ...

Spring bulbs are nothing short of magic in the garden. We sit in our overstuffed easy chairs all winter, perusing plant catalogs, websites, and magazines. We wait, and wait, for those first signs of ...

I just returned home from skiing and found all the snow gone and some bulb foliage popping up. It is starting to feel like spring in the Chicago area. During periods of warm weather, early bulbs might ...

Even though the calendar says it’s summer, it is time to plan for and order spring-flowering bulbs for your garden or container. You will have a better chance of getting the specific varieties you ...

Plant allium bulbs in the fall, around the first frost but before the ground freezes, to give them the chilling period they need for strong spring blooms. Choose a sunny, well-draining spot and plant ...

Plant flower bulbs at least six to eight weeks before your region's average first frost date, which is as early as August in colder growing zones. You'll have best results by choosing a planting site ...

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 ...

Thanks to their cooperative nature, amaryllis, hyacinths and paperwhites can be coaxed into bloom for the winter holidays. And no horticulture degree is required. Gardeners can humor these typically ...

Gardeners should plan to plant bulbs in the fall, ideally after the first frost. Bulbs need a period of cold, typically 60-90 days, to bloom properly in the spring. Gardeners have a fairly wide window ...