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 ...

While you may associate flowering bulbs with spring, the work for getting these beauties to bloom actually begins during fall and winter. Many bulbs can still be planted in the garden in the winter, ...

If you're a little hazy on when exactly you should be planting bulbs for spring you're in the right place. Overall it's pretty straightforward but there is a slight variation between different types ...

“I had trouble with squirrels and chipmunks digging up my tulip and crocus bulbs last fall. Tulips and crocuses are a couple of my favorite spring flowers, and I am planning to plant them again this ...

Just because summer is almost over doesn't mean we have to say goodbye to fresh floral blooms. While the spring crocus is noted as a herald of warmer weather, the autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) ...

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 ...

If you admired your neighbor’s tulips and daffodils last spring and wished that you had some of these flowers in your yard, now is the time to plant these hardy bulbs before the ground freezes if you ...

Want the perfect plant that doesn’t clash with other flowers in the landscape? Bulbs are your answer. Their trouble-free nature and early welcome of spring explains their popularity. No need to be an ...

Specialty bulbs, sometimes called minor bulbs, reflect the many other spring bulb treasures that can be planted in fall to herald the next growing season. Because many are diminutive, they are perfect ...

CHAGRIN FALLS -- Planting bulbs is the smallest garden chore with the biggest bloomin' payoff. Just dig a hole, drop in a bulb, cover it over and wait for spring. The only trick is that you must plant ...