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 colour to the landscape, just when ...

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 ...

Tulips rank among the favorite for spring beauty but are also the most likely bulb to be eaten by voles and other critters because they are so tasty. Elise Amendola AP file photo The middle of October ...

Is there anyone more full of hope and faith than a gardener? After all, it is a leap of faith to plant fall bulbs in the chill of November for the dream of spring blooms. And yet every year this is ...

Gardening often is an exercise in thinking ahead. Being able to enjoy flowers, foliage and food from the garden depends on whether you ticked off the requisite list of to-dos in previous seasons. That ...

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 ...

There is perhaps no sight more exciting to an avid gardener than a yard full of spring-blooming bulbs in full flower. Bulbs herald the gardening season, and their colors are a welcome sight after the ...

Flowering bulbs can be planted in fall or spring, depending on the variety. Bulbs planted in fall need to develop their roots before the first frost and need a freezing period to bloom. Bulbs planted ...