Flowering spring bulbs add color and beauty to your garden when you need it most after a chilly, gray winter. But if you want to enjoy their blooms in the spring, you must plant them ahead of time.

Spring bulbs are nothing short of magic in the garden. We sit in our overstuffed easy chairs all winter, perusing plant catalogs, websites, and magazines. We wait, and wait, for those first signs of ...

The bulbs flowering in my garden at home are putting on a great show as are the ones at the Garden. Spring-flowering bulbs are very effective for bringing early color into the garden. Bulbs do not ...

Get spring bulbs in before the ground freezes. If apple picking and leaf peeping have caused fall gardening to get away from you, it’s not too late to get those bulbs in the ground that you planned ...

The recent boom in native-plant interest focuses mainly on trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers – by far the main workhorse plants of Pennsylvania landscapes. But even with the diversity ...

Dear readers: Last week I said I’d discuss the planting of Spring Blooming bulbs, offering what i know. So, here goes. First, I hope that you’ll have taken the time to choose and really rough up the ...

Gardeners quickly learn that it’s possible to expand their flock of perennial flowers by digging and dividing clumps into smaller pieces, giving them free new plants. Not as well known is that the ...

The best time to plant spring bulbs depends on your growing zone. In general, you should plant bulbs six weeks before your projected first frost date. For many growing zones, October is the best time ...

After a long, cold winter, spring-blooming bulbs are a welcome sight in your garden. From daffodils to tulips and crocuses to snowdrops, spring bulbs add much-needed color to the landscape, just when ...