IT’S ALMOST time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation (although they ...

Wheee! Next spring comes alive when you plant selected spring-blooming bulbs in containers now. It’s great fun and even easy — no weeds, no fuss and flowers thrive with almost no care. Crocuses, ...

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 ...

Q: The foliage of grape hyacinths looks nice for a while when it comes up in the fall, but right around now - when it starts to look straggly and unattractive and catches leaves - I get an itchy ...

The smaller bulbs of grape hyacinths can easily be forced indoors, but larger hyacinth bulbs require a bit more effort. Buy bulbs that have been specifically prepared for indoor forcing with a ...

Whenever I buy bulbs for containers I always hope they will naturalise afterwards in the garden. I tend to choose less gaudy and flamboyant forms with that in mind. The two bulbs which have always ...

Planting flower bulbs in your garden is a wonderful way to add color, texture, and height to your landscape. If you want to achieve these impressive results quickly, consider planting fast-growing ...

Spring is in the air and the scenery is starting to perk up. Barren tree branches are beginning to swell with tiny buds of green as Technicolor blossoms sprout up from dull earthen plots just in time ...

It’s almost time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation (although they ...

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