Bulbs

On this bleak Valentine’s Day, while 3-foot snow drifts still cover the main borders, a patch of earth at the south wall breathes spring.  Crocuses and snowdrops rush into bloom

Ring-around-a-roasting at the foot of a gray birch, twenty dazzling-white spring snowflakes nodding at the turn of a path, a company of bright-eyed kaufmanniana tulips; perching lightly in a rocky

The first requirement of practically all bulbs is good drainage. Providing this is probably the most important part of planting them.  If bulbs seem short-lived for you, check how well

Discovery of the little bulbs that will grow for you is rather personal business but highly rewarding.  As to the hardiness of certain kinds, much depends on your location. The

There are two ways to plant hardy spring-flowering bulbs. You can be impetuous, impatient, and in a hurry (like me)—and get them on the ground the day the mailman delivers

Following the early bulbs, alliums are of growing interest for garden accent and color. Kinship with the onion is well disguised in most kinds, although A. schoenoprasum, with pretty lavender

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