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 ...
While gardeners are always on the lookout for the first signs of spring, sometimes your spring-blooming bulbs may start popping up when it's still winter. Should you be worried about those tender new ...
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 ...
Bulbs are a great way to get spring flowers, since they already contain all of the nutrients that the plant needs to grow and bloom. This means that as soon as the weather begins to warm up, they can ...
When Christmas passes, it reminds me that the next few weeks are an important time for planting certain spring flowering bulbs. This includes tulips, hyacinths and other bulbs that have been ...
So you just saw a 50-percent-off bargain on left-over tulip, daffodil, and hyacinth bulbs at the box store. Or you found a pack or two of bulbs that you bought weeks ago but never got around to ...
When gardeners think of spring-blooming bulbs, the top four plants that come to mind are crocus, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. While they are definitely showstoppers and worth having in the garden, ...
Spring-blooming bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths are garden oddities because they have to go in the ground dormant the fall before in order for them to bloom the following spring. That’s ...
Across the UK, tulips are flopping just as borders should be bursting with colour. Three simple spring checks could be all ...
OKAY, IT IS October and that means all the vendors have spring flowering bulbs in stock! Now, today, tomorrow, go out and buy hundreds of bulbs. But why hundreds? Well, I repeat, our climate and soils ...