If you’re a gardener, this is the time of year when you start dreading the fact that soon your flowers will shrivel and turn brown. It happens every year, but it’s still a shock for those who love 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 ...
After a long winter (and they are all long!), spring bulbs are the most welcome sight in gardening. As they explode from the ground in masses of color, they begin the growing season and assure us that ...
The winter is long, dark, wet, and cold. When the first buds of spring flowers begin to pop in March, it’s like a hit of dopamine, giving us all hope that the sun will come out again, someday. But ...
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 ...
Nothing marks the arrival of spring like seeing bulbs begin to grow, sending up beautiful booms to welcome in the warmer weather. If you are looking for spring bulbs to brighten up your garden, now is ...
Spring is always a popular season to start planting your bulbs in your summer gardens. While most flowers need to be planted in the fall, there are still several bulbs that you can plant in the spring ...
Flowering bulbs can be planted in fall or spring, depending on the variety. Bulbs planted in fall need to develop their roots before the first frost and need a freezing period to bloom. Bulbs planted ...
Spring bulbs sometimes get a rotten rap for being two-week wonders - if they don't get eaten by rodents first. Squirrels, voles, rabbits and deer might eat their share of tulips and crocuses, but if ...
I ordered my spring flowering bulbs in August – crocus, grape hyacinths, frittalaria, tulips, daffodils, alliums of all colors and sizes, and assorted woodland naturalizing mixtures – with the plan to ...
Gardening guru and television favourite Alan Titchmarsh has revealed his top techniques for getting bulbs in the ground this September. The horticultural expert outlined which varieties to plant right ...
Fall is an exceptionally busy time for us gardeners, as we work hard to tick off all our planting tasks before the coldest weather arrives. If you've found yourself pushed for time this season, ...