Bulbs

Bulbs are for everyone who grows plants or who arranges flowers. They’re for beginners who’ll give them a minimum of know-how and care and for experts who take great boundless

The daintiness and gaiety of the early spring flowering bulbs are a heartwarming sight following the dreary bleakness of winter.  Plan now to prepare your garden for its showing next

Why wait for spring when bleak winter clays can be bright with early flowering bulbs? Designed for busy people and limited window space, these cool-flowering bulbs, often called “the minor

Perhaps you’ll want most of your bulbs in the flower garden with other flowers. Daffodils are pretty there, in clumps of named varieties set midway across a border—although the tiniest

Planting a bulb is one of the simplest procedures in gardening. Most planted this fall will respond and bloom next spring even if you plant them upside down (but please

Crocus come in about three main categories. Earliest of them are the species, of which there are many.  These are called winter-flowering, and will bloom at the slightest slackening of

The delightful, unpretentious charm of the small-flowered bulbs is the first attraction of the garden year. Without them, spring would be like a play without the first act.  Most of

Have you ever been curious about what many of the odd bulbs are in the bulb catalogs? Did you ever try to get a few new ones each year? It’s

Can you look forward to another season of colorful flowers when early frosts mow down zinnias, asters, and the other annuals in your garden?  You can, if you have plantings

It is hard to get in the mood for gardening or even planning for your garden when the temperatures are soaring toward the century mark.  That’s when it is nice