How to Plan a Spring Bulb Garden
It’s easy to plant a bag of daffodils or a few dozen tulips. But if you want a spring bulb garden that blooms for months rather than weeks, it requires a little more planning. Here are six ways toRead More
Using a Cutting Garden for Spring Flower Arrangements
Tulips, daffodils and other spring bulbs are excellent cut flowers and can be used to create beautiful spring flower arrangements for your home and to share with friends. We asked Debra Prinzing,Read More
How to Care for Spring Flower Bulbs After They Bloom
Spring flower bulbs get the gardening season off to an early start. From the first crocuses and daffodils to the last tulips and alliums, it’s a show that can lastRead More
Spring is in Bloom at Keukenhof in Holland
Keukenhof is the world’s largest and most colorful spring flower garden. In a park-like setting that covers 79-acres, you can wander through more than 7 million tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, muscari, fritillaria and other spring-floweringRead More
Why Snow is Good for Spring Bulbs
It’s been an unusually cold and snowy winter — almost everywhere in the country. Rarely have so many gardeners been so eager for spring! While we have been busy shovelingRead More
Planted Your Fall Bulbs Yet? There’s Still Time!
Flower bulbs are incredibly forgiving. This fact is driven home to us every year, when we start planting fall bulbs in our New Jersey trial garden. We always intend to get this projectRead 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
7 Tips for Planting Tulip Bulbs
Inside every tulip bulb is a flower that’s already counting down the days to spring. Here’s how to give these fall-planted bulbs the best chance for success: Good soil means better results Tulips look their best whenRead More
How to Combine Alliums with Perennials
Garden designers love using alliums and it’s easy to see why. These flower globes grab your eyes with their bold shapes and sparkly florets. They bloom for weeks in late springRead More
Are Tulips and Other Spring Bulbs Perennials?
Gardeners often wonder if they can expect their tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and other spring-blooming bulbs to flower for more than one year. It seems like a simple question, but the most honestRead More
