The recent boom in native-plant interest focuses mainly on trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers – by far the main workhorse plants of Pennsylvania landscapes. But even with the diversity ...

You’ve planned and planted and loved your summer flower garden. You’ve even grown a few of tomatoes and veggies this year. But now it’s time to plan for more colorful flowers for a show of color next ...

After another New England winter, it is time to celebrate spring at the Lyman Conservatory. This year’s Spring Bulb Show at the Botanic Garden of Smith College is a celebration of everything pink. A ...

There’s still time to plant spring flowering bulbs. Daffodils are the most practical bulb to plant in our climate as they are deer- and rodent-resistant and the dwarf daffodil varieties flowers as ...

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 ...

The bulbs flowering in my garden at home are putting on a great show as are the ones at the Garden. Spring-flowering bulbs are very effective for bringing early color into the garden. Bulbs do not ...

It's time to start thinking about what bulbs to plant now for long-lasting summer blooms. There are lots of lesser-known, ...

The winter is long, dark, wet, and cold. When the first buds of spring flowers begin to pop in March, it’s like a hit of dopamine, giving us all hope that the sun will come out again, someday. But ...

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 ...

If you’re on the hunt for the best bulbs to plant in February for pink blooms this year, there’s a long list of tubers, bulbs ...

Flowering spring bulbs add color and beauty to your garden when you need it most after a chilly, gray winter. But if you want to enjoy their blooms in the spring, you must plant them ahead of time.

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 ...