Daffodils and tulips might first come to mind when gardeners think of flowering bulbs. These bulbs are typically planted in the fall for stunning spring blooms. Tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and many ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Tulips, ideally planted between September (in colder ...

The darker days of winter are slowly making their departure and lighter evenings remind us that spring is nearly here. That's why I'm not waiting any longer to curate my list of perennial bulbs to ...

Every fall my mom would grab her gardening tools and wheelbarrow and head out into her perennial garden, casting a discerning eye over what areas were bare and could use a jolt of colour, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The transition from summer to fall means the colorful annual flowers are fading. Once the annuals are frost-damaged and removed, ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. You may be more familiar with the Hippeastrum genus ...

We gardeners may be cockeyed optimists by nature, but we’re pragmatic by experience. Instant gratification is not something we expect from our gardens. We accept the months of anticipation, the aching ...

Gardeners recovering from Hurricane Ike and weathering the financial storm are looking for plants with greater returns. Chris Wiesinger has just the thing — heirloom bulbs. The 27-year-old founder of ...

THE FLOWERS of early daffodils, hyacinths and crocus, opening to watery sunshine, brighten our hearts and our gardens with their promise of springtime. Unfortunately, their bloom is brief compared to ...

With most plants that we buy, it is the overall appearance and presence of color that drives us to put it into our cart. Certainly this is the case with annuals and blooming shrubs, but also with ...