Tips for Using Daffodils as Cut Flowers
After a long, cold winter, the sight of daffodil foliage pushing through the earth fills my heart with glee. As the stalks lengthen and the buds begin to open, I’m overtaken withRead More
Best Companion Plants for Spring Bulbs
I love the way spring bulbs look in a naturalized setting. But I like them even better when they are blooming in a garden among other plants. Virginia bulb grower BrentRead More
How to Plant a Carpet of Blue Spring Flowers
Years ago, Martha Stewart Living Magazine featured an article about a bulb planting project at Martha’s home in Bedford, NY. The goal was to create a swath of blue spring flowers thatRead More
Best Daffodils for the South and Zones 8-9
No matter how short or mild the winter, everyone is happy when spring arrives. This is as true in Texas as it is in Maine. And what better way to celebrateRead More
Flower Farmers Recommend Their Best-Selling Spring Flowers
It’s October, and flower farmers from Maine to California are winding down the harvest season. Cutting the last of the dahlias and sunflowers is always bittersweet. Yet many flower farmersRead More
A Wonderful Allium by Any Name: Sicilian Honey Garlic
There are a few plants in my flower garden that people almost always comment on. One of them is an unusual-looking allium that I know as Allium bulgaricum. This spring-blooming bulb has several other equally cumbersomeRead More
Early Blooming Bulbs for the First Flowers of Spring
Winter is my least favorite season, so I am always eager to get spring underway. It doesn’t really matter what the calendar says. For me, spring officially begins when theRead More
Fall Planting Tips: How Many Bulbs Per Square Foot?
As with most things gardening, there are no hard and fast rules for how closely to space spring-blooming bulbs such as tulips, daffodils and alliums. But you can be sure of one thing: they always lookRead More
18 New Tulips for Your Spring Garden
September is here and our fall shipping season starts in just a couple of weeks. This year we added lots of new varieties of daffodils and other spring-bloomers. And we really letRead More
Another Reason to Love Ornamental Alliums: Seed Heads!
I am crazy about ornamental alliums. Though I already have about a dozen different types of them in my garden, I’m always planting more. In addition to being visually exciting, alliums are also long-blooming, pollinator-friendly and seemingly immune toRead More
