What should you do with your bearded Iris Germanic in the spring to get them ready for their coming floral display? Well that ...

The emergence of bulbs in spring heralds the annual start of the garden springing back into life from its winter slumber. The sight of the early bloomers, such as snowdrops and winter aconites, can be ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As we enter the fall season, gardeners consider planting selected bulbs for enjoyment as they bloom in the spring. This column opens with a brief overview of ...

Bearded irises are, undoubtedly, the tall standouts of the spring bulbs, with their showstopper flowers, complete with the ruffled edges that give them their name. If you’re looking for more variety, ...

Flower bulbs are being planted in a trench in a garden. - Natallia Ustsinava/Shutterstock Emily Dickinson thought hope was the "thing with feathers," but a flower bulb seems like a better metaphor for ...

Q: I wanted to know if you can dig out bulbs of irises from one yard to another. The irises have been in the yard for many years. Will they do OK in my yard if I dig them out and transplant them in my ...

Spring flowering bulbs bloom in our climate between February and April. They add charming beauty to our spring gardens. Feel free to purchase bulbs from nurseries now while the selection is good, but ...

You’re not alone if you’ve ever eagerly planted a bag full of tulip bulbs in fall, only to end up with a meager few blooms in spring. Or none. Tulips are the queen of bulbs when all goes well, but ...

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, ...

One of my favorite garden quotations is the comment E.B. White made about his wife’s determined planting of bulbs each fall, no matter how cold the weather in their Maine garden. Katherine gathered ...

The winter is long, dark, wet, and cold. When the first buds of spring flowers begin to pop in March, it’s like a hit of dopamine, giving us all hope that the sun will come out again, someday. But ...

There are two times of year that spark joy in gardeners' hearts: When the seed catalogs begin arriving in winter, and when bulb catalogs arrive in late summer. For the last few weeks, I have gone to ...