While you may associate flowering bulbs with spring, the work for getting these beauties to bloom actually begins during fall and winter. Many bulbs can still be planted in the garden in the winter, ...

A lily bulb produces new green growth as the weather warms in the spring and depending on the variety and hardiness zone, blooms emerge in late spring or summer. Once the plant has bloomed, the ...

Happy New Year, dear readers: We not only mark the beginning of a fresh calendar year, but also celebrate the recent winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of our season. It may seem ...

If you’ve ever planted winter bulbs and come back to find holes in your garden, you know how frustrating squirrels can be. After waiting all season to see those blooms, it’s tough watching your hard ...

If forcing bulbs becomes a winter obsession, additional options include miniature daffodils such as ‘Tête-à-Tête’ (Narcissus ‘Tete-a-Tete’), crocus (Crocus spp.), and grape hyacinths (Muscari ...

This week’s work in our garden includes digging up and preparing gladiolus bulbs for winter storage. Gladiolus, or glads for short, cannot survive in the ground though the winter in our area. Even ...

However, we do not need to dig and store canna rhizomes over the winter down here, so this is needless work. Up North, ...

The practice of giving flower bulbs as a gift dates back to Colonial Virginia. And so do questions about how to care for the resulting blooms through the winter. “Earlier on, when bulbs began to be ...

It can be easy to lift bulbs, put them in storage, and forget about them until it's time to plant again. But, failing to check on stored bulbs may leave you disappointed. The slightest of ...