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 ...

Planting in January means you may have to wait a little longer to see your plants flower, but you should still be able to ...

Emily Dickinson thought hope was the "thing with feathers," but a flower bulb seems like a better metaphor for hope. Tucked into the earth months in advance, bulbs are packed with promise of a ...

Is there anyone more full of hope and faith than a gardener? After all, it is a leap of faith to plant fall bulbs in the chill of November for the dream of spring blooms. And yet every year this is ...

Spring-blooming bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths are garden oddities because they have to go in the ground dormant the fall before in order for them to bloom the following spring. That’s ...

Q: What is the best time to plant bulbs for spring? A: Flower bulbs are powerful little storehouses of energy and potential and, depending on which varieties you choose, it is not too late for fall ...

Autumn is here, and many gardeners like to continue gardening through the season. The crisp, cool weather shouldn’t deter you from adding new plants to your garden or home landscape. As soon as the ...

Tulips, daffodils, and other spring-flowering bulbs are a little tricky because you have to plant the dormant bulbs the fall before (i.e. now in central Pennsylvania), then wait out the winter before ...

Most bulbs should be planted mid-September through the first part of October to grow roots before the ground freezes. Tulips are an exception and can be planted until the ground is frozen. Tulips are ...

You don’t have to be an avid gardener to appreciate the gift of flower bulbs. As most bulbs appropriate for our climate bloom in spring or summer, when received at the beginning of winter bulbs give ...

There's not much that rivals spring bulb bloom in the garden. The anticipation all winter. The inevitable forgetting where you planted bulbs or that you planted any at all. And then the show. It’s a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A beautiful spring garden starts in the off-season. While you may associate flowering bulbs with spring, the work for getting ...