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
5 Tips for a More Bee-Friendly Flower Garden
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
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
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
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
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
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
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