Summer may be coming to an end and the autumnal weather is getting underway, but that doesn't mean that we can't think ahead to spring. Gardens often require careful planning that can be put into ...
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 ...
In just 15 minutes, you can plant a beautiful garden guaranteed to brighten your spirits and indoor décor this winter. All you need is a container with drainage holes, potting mix and some tulips, ...
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 ...
Q: I wanted to share photos about forcing spring bulbs in pots, which I’ve been doing here in western North Dakota for about 30 years. I usually have some hyacinths blooming for Christmas, with more ...
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 ...
As a professional gardener, there are certain bulbs I return to every year without fail. Take ‘Apricot Beauty’ tulips, for example. These pastel peach blooms have followed me from garden to garden ...
I’ve been planting bulbs around my property for at least 40 years, and some of them are still flowering each spring. I even have daffodils I brought up from my childhood home in Connecticut that might ...
If the wait for bulbs to bloom in spring seems excruciatingly long, you can pot some up now and enjoy a floriferous winter indoors. Gardeners are constantly gaming the system, using fertilizers to ...
Judging by the conversations I’ve had with gardeners through the years, it seems a fair amount of spring flowering bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses and others go unplanted every ...
Q. I’m still a true novice when it comes to gardening. I am thinking about trying to grow some spring blooming bulbs, but I am curious, can you grow them in pots? I have several pretty big ones, 16 ...
I've been hearing the groans. Hopefully, they're in response to the typically bad weather of late March, rather than to painful anticipation of the return of this column. For the sake of my frail ego, ...