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Fall Planting Tips: How Many Bulbs Per Square Foot?

Fall Planting Tips: How Many Bulbs Per Square Foot?

September 14, 2021 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Daffodils, Fall Planted Bulbs, Garden Design, How-To, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Spring Blooming Flowers, Tulips

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

18 New Tulips for Your Spring Garden

August 30, 2021 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Fall Planted Bulbs, Inspiration, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Spring Blooming Flowers, Tulips

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!

Another Reason to Love Ornamental Alliums: Seed Heads!

May 25, 2021 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Alliums, Cut Flowers, Fall Planted Bulbs, Spring Blooming Bulbs

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

5 Tips for a More Bee-Friendly Flower Garden

5 Tips for a More Bee-Friendly Flower Garden

February 23, 2021 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Habitat Gardens, How-To, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Spring Planted Bulbs, Summer Bulbs

Many years ago, I had a neighbor who was a hobby beekeeper. When I would drop by to purchase honey, I’d tease him about deserving a discount, since I knew his bees spent most of theirRead More

Starting Flowers from Seeds, Bulbs or Plants

Starting Flowers from Seeds, Bulbs or Plants

February 2, 2021 · by Kath LaLiberte · in How-To, Inspiration, Perennials, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Summer Blooming Flowers

Gardening has few hard and fast rules. This guarantees things never get boring, but it also means it’s nearly impossible to get a simple answer to any question. There are usuallyRead More

Make Room in Your Garden for Hyacinths

Make Room in Your Garden for Hyacinths

October 27, 2020 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Fall Planted Bulbs, Fragrant Flowers, Inspiration, Spring Blooming Bulbs

Remember spring flower shows? Hopefully, they will be back again soon. What I always love most about flower shows is the fragrance. Coming in from a cold, snowy parking lot andRead More

Unusual Daffodils for Spring Bouquets

Unusual Daffodils for Spring Bouquets

October 20, 2020 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Cut Flowers, Daffodils, Fall Planted Bulbs, Inspiration, Spring Blooming Bulbs

This guest post was written by Melinda Myers, nationally-known gardening expert, TV/radio host, author & columnist. You’ll find more of her gardening tips HERE. Thank you, Melinda! Add unexpected beauty toRead More

When to Plant Spring-Blooming Bulbs

When to Plant Spring-Blooming Bulbs

October 13, 2020 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Daffodils, Fall Planted Bulbs, How-To, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Spring Blooming Flowers, Tulips

Crocus, daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, alliums and other spring-blooming bulbs are planted in the fall. This gives them time to establish roots before they go dormant for the winter. Planting canRead More

Growing Tulips in Agricultural Troughs

Growing Tulips in Agricultural Troughs

October 6, 2020 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Container Gardening, Cut Flowers, Fall Planted Bulbs, How-To, Inspiration, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Tulips, Uncategorized

This guest post was written by Debra Prinzing, founder and creative director of slowflowerssociety.com. Thanks Debra!   Home gardeners are re-imagining corrugated steel agricultural troughs (also called a stock tanks) as raised planting beds forRead More

Color-Changing Tulips Have a New Look Each Day

Color-Changing Tulips Have a New Look Each Day

September 29, 2020 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Fall Planted Bulbs, Inspiration, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Spring Blooming Flowers, Tulips

Holland’s flower bulb breeders are always working on something new. One development we’ve been watching closely is a range of new tulip varieties with built-in color variations. In some cases,Read More

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