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 ...

After a long, dark winter, the appearance of early spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils are a welcome, colorful harbinger of spring. If you want to look forward to a garden full of yellow, pink, ...

Even though the calendar says it’s summer, it is time to plan for and order spring-flowering bulbs for your garden or container. You will have a better chance of getting the specific varieties you ...

Slowly but surely, the chilly autumn breeze has us retreating from our gardens and into the cosy corners of our homes. But before we bid our plots farewell until next year, there’s one more thing to ...

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 ...

Plant flower bulbs at least six to eight weeks before your region's average first frost date, which is as early as August in colder growing zones. You'll have best results by choosing a planting site ...

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 ...

I just returned home from skiing and found all the snow gone and some bulb foliage popping up. It is starting to feel like spring in the Chicago area. During periods of warm weather, early bulbs might ...

Meadows are trendy alternatives to big lawns these days as much of the gardening public aims to aid pollinators and beef up their yards’ native-plant inventory. For most, that means planting or ...

With fall just around the corner, it's time for gardeners to start thinking about planting spring-flowering bulbs. And if you're not sure where to start, Flowerbulb.eu has named the snowdrop ...

Picture your neighborhood in April, when your heart is lifted by bright blue squill, white snowdrops and yellow daffodils. Aren’t there spots in your yard just begging for that bloom? “If you want to ...

Gardeners should plan to plant bulbs in the fall, ideally after the first frost. Bulbs need a period of cold, typically 60-90 days, to bloom properly in the spring. Gardeners have a fairly wide window ...