Planting Your Vegetable Garden? Make Room for Flower Bulbs!

Vegetable gardens are prettier and a lot more fun when they contain flowers as well as vegetables. Tulips and dahlias are perfect for vegetable gardens. They fill a gap in spring and fall without competing for growing space.  

Spring-Blooming Bulbs: We Want Your Reviews!

Darwin Hybrid Mix Before this beautiful spring weather becomes a distant memory, would you please take a few moments to tell us how your bulbs performed in your garden this spring? If you planted tulips, daffodils, alliums or any otherRead More

How We Select the Best Spring-Flowering Bulbs for Your Garden

If you haven’t experienced springtime in Holland, put it on your bucket list. Holland produces more than 4 billion flower bulbs every year — 80% of the global supply — and in April, the farm fields in every direction areRead More

Beauty of the Bud

ABOVE: Early in the bloom time of Tulip Van Eijk, the buds have a sleek silhouette and stand tall ready to burst with beautiful potential. Spring is a wonderful time of year, especially if you planted tulip bulbs last fall! DependingRead More

7 Ways to Make Your Shade Garden Shine

If your yard is shadier than you’d like, you may feel a bit jealous of gardeners with lots of sun. But shade offers some unique design opportunities. Here are a few tips to help you turn those shady areas intoRead More

Elephant Ears: Late Summer Fireworks for Pots and Planters

  Gardeners are pushing container plantings to new heights. Both pots and plants keep getting bigger and more spectacular. Along with canna lilies, ornamental grasses and even bananas, one of the most popular plants for these outsize containers is elephant ears. With theirRead More

5 Ways to Make Your Garden More Butterfly-Friendly

  It’s fun to see a butterfly passing through your garden – but more fun when they stay for a while. If you want your yard to be a popular hangout, you can take a number of easy steps toRead More

Eucomis: Why Grow Pineapple Lilies?

Last summer I grew eucomis for the first time. As you can see in the photo above, it was a big success. I discovered that pineapple lilies are incredibly easy to grow, really beautiful in person, and they bloom for almost aRead More

6 Tips for Growing Caladiums in Zones 5-7

If you live in the northern half of the U.S., you may think caladiums are only suitable for southern gardens. Not so! The photo above was taken in a zone 6 garden in New Jersey, and we have customers fromRead More

How Big Will Your Flowers Bloom?

When shopping online and in stores, it can be a challenge to feel confident that you are getting exactly what you want, especially when it comes to bloom size. To help you buy with confidence, we have put together thisRead More