Most spring-blooming bulbs are now finished flowering. To ensure you will have a nice bulb show next spring, resist any temptation to cut back the foliage of bulb plants such as tulips and daffodils ...

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Tulips are spring-flowering bulbs, showing up in gardens around April and May. But as previously noted, “They’ll need to be ...

Many perennials must be planted in fall to emerge in spring and summer, but if you missed the fall window, you can still ...

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 ...

I remember my shock when I learned that spring-flowering bulbs were planted in fall. I had grown up in central Alaska, where spring was more a philosophical concept than a season. But once I learned ...

Many plants that are sold as Easter flowers can be planted to become landscape plants that bloom for years outside.

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 ...

Yeah, it’s one of gardening’s most frustrating scenarios to plant a bag or two of spring flower bulbs, only to find that squirrels, chipmunks and voles ate most of them, and deer and rabbits finished ...