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.

The planting window is broader than you might think. The best time to plant tulip bulbs is generally in the fall, with specific timing varying based on your USDA hardiness zone. Spring planting is ...

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 ...

Within the vast catalog of flowering plants, there is a specific subcategory: those that grow from bulbs. Since these bulbs are hidden under the soil throughout the plant’s lifetime, it’s not always ...

Gardeners should plan to plant bulbs in the fall, ideally after the first frost. Bulbs need a period of cold, typically 60-90 days, to bloom properly in the spring. Gardeners have a fairly wide window ...

Flowering bulbs can be planted in fall or spring, depending on the variety. Bulbs planted in fall need to develop their roots before the first frost and need a freezing period to bloom. Bulbs planted ...

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, ...

Summer may be coming to an end and the autumnal weather is getting underway, but that doesn't mean that we can't think ahead to spring. Gardens often require careful planning that can be put into ...

Planting bulbs in the fall is one of the easiest and most rewarding ways to ensure a vibrant, colorful garden in the early spring. Spring-flowering bulbs like tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and ...

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 ...

Tulips have long been celebrated for their lively colors and beautiful blooms. So much so that centuries ago, Europeans—who didn’t know when to plant tulip bulbs or how to grow them—saw the Middle ...

While it’s nearing the end of the line this time of year for most of the landscape, there’s one group of plants when it’s prime time to start them – spring-flowering bulbs. Led by tulips, daffodils, ...