The approach of autumn makes it time to think about which bulbs to plant for spring bloom. That’s because spring-blooming bulbs are planted in the fall. In order to flower, they must go through a ...

Previous generations of gardeners knew that coaxing bulbs to bloom early was the easiest way to have fresh flowers in winter. Here’s how they did it. By Margaret Roach Before Page Dickey and Francis ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Late last autumn, I knelt in a blustery November wind and dug in the ground, planting daffodil bulbs. I was resolved not to spend another spring deprived of ...

DENVER — Spring starts the minute you plant bulbs. Some bulbs that you plant now will even bloom this fall. These include autumn-flowing crocus and meadow saffron (Colchicum). Both bloom in fall and ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: To honor my mother, I would like to plant crocus bulbs on her grave site. And of course the cemetery is going to mow them off in the spring. Will they survive, or is this a waste of ...

Now that summer is drawing to a close, it's a good time to learn how to plant crocus bulbs. These perennials may be small, but they bring a welcome splash of colour amongst the late-winter gloom, ...

DENVER — We think of tulips and daffodils as the main spring bulbs. Other, smaller bulbs deserve planting. The "minor" bulbs have some great attributes. They're easy to plant. They're very long-lived ...

Even among other little brown blobs — inconspicuous detritus such as abandoned cocoons, say, or concretions of lint — the bulbs of species crocus look unremarkable. When planted in the soil — as ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spring got off to a late start this season. Flowers that usually show up in February and March stubbornly refused to surface. The vernal equinox brought ...

Spring is in full bloom and for gardeners, this is the best time of the year - being outside, in nature and connecting with the things that bring them joy. To make life even better for gardeners, they ...