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
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
Make Room in Your Garden for Hyacinths
One of the best things about walking into a spring flower show is the fragrance. It’s enough to put a smile on the face of even the most winter wearyRead More
Discover the Beauty of Rembrandt Tulips
In the 17th century, Holland was a rich and powerful country at the center of European commerce and culture. Known today as the “Dutch Golden Age”, it was a time of rapid advancements inRead More
What to Plant This Fall: Inspiration from Holland
Part of the thrill of Holland’s grand display garden of spring-blooming bulbs, known as the Keukenhof, is its staggering scale: 35 acres and 7 million flower bulbs. Yet within this sometimesRead More
New Flowers for Your Spring Garden
Part of the fun of gardening is trying new things. We are big fans of the classic, time-tested bulb varieties, but get just as excited as everyone else about growing something new. HereRead More
Spring is in Bloom at Keukenhof in Holland
The world’s largest and most colorful flower garden — Keukenhof — is located in Holland and it’s open for just eight weeks each year: March 22-May 13. Someone from Longfield Gardens is always on handRead More
Expert Tips for Cutting and Arranging Spring Flowers
It’s always such a long wait for spring’s first flowers. When they finally burst on the scene, the bounty of blooms combined with months of pent up flower energy is almost tooRead More
