Bulbs

Why shouldn’t you be among those who, each winter, enjoy the pleasure of having a midwinter display of spring bulbs— one of the easiest and most certain of all types

Of all fall garden chores, the one I like least is planting spring bulbs. I buy them as soon as they are on the market, but for weeks, the tidy

Last January 28, our first windowsill crocus opened three pale blue blossoms of Crocus biflorus argenteus.  From the time a week earlier when they first appeared, I’d been watching the

There are several methods of growing bulbs indoors. The simplest is by growing in water. Hyacinths and paperwhite narcissus are very often grown in this way. On the market, there

There is no limit to how tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths can be used.  The gardener is no longer bound by rules in placing them in the garden than the painter

Lilies are rapidly assuming an important place. American gardens to which their great beauty, diversity of form, and usefulness entitle them.  American lily breeders, large-scale propagation by American bulb growers,

Of all types of gardening, none gives more certain results nor greater returns in proportion to the amount of time and attention required than that of forcing bulbs for winter

To the uninitiated, this may seem like a job for the expert or specialist, but I assure you, it is not. Lilies can be grown anywhere, from the Near Arctic

You can have the thrill of spring indoors, months before the garden awakens, by forcing hardy bulbs into flowers. It’s not at all difficult; all you have to do is