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.

In springtime, bulbs come into their own, bringing dashes of colour to the garden when perennials are still waking up from their winter sleep and it’s still far too cold to bring out the annual ...

Gardening often is an exercise in thinking ahead. Being able to enjoy flowers, foliage and food from the garden depends on whether you ticked off the requisite list of to-dos in previous seasons. That ...

Plant allium bulbs in the fall when soil temperatures reach about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Space bulbs two to three times their height and mix different varieties for color. Give alliums full sun, ...

Planting bulbs in fall is easy, but the timing can be challenging in the South. Blazing hot autumns and short winters often result in a less-than-spectacular display of spring flowers. Knowing the ...

I have one of those flower gardens that people pause and take pictures of. But every time someone passes my garden and compliments my flowers, I have to stop myself from saying, “It’s really a lot ...

Spring flowering bulbs bloom in our climate between February and April. They add charming beauty to our spring gardens. Feel free to purchase bulbs from nurseries now while the selection is good, but ...

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 ...

For some of us, planting time is long past − but not for me. I am always busy in the fall, planting everything I can. It is almost time to plant garlic, which is my easiest crop of all. And I’ll soon ...