Traditional lawns may look lush, but they're high-maintenance and offer little habitat for pollinators or soil life. By adding a handful of bulbs this fall, your plain green lawn will erupt into ...

The magic of flower bulbs is irresistible. You plant these weird-looking things in October, and by spring, they’re transformed into graceful plants with velvet blossoms in vivid colors. Bulbs like ...

Bulbs are fantastic little bundles of plant potential. They require almost no maintenance at all—simply pop them in the ground in well-drained soil, water deeply, then wait for the show. After a long ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Annuals, perennials, and flowering trees and shrubs all have their parts to play in your garden's design.

There's not much that rivals spring bulb bloom in the garden. The anticipation all winter. The inevitable forgetting where you planted bulbs or that you planted any at all. And then the show. It’s a ...

Autumn is here, and many gardeners like to continue gardening through the season. The crisp, cool weather shouldn’t deter you from adding new plants to your garden or home landscape. As soon as the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Pennsylvania’s climate is perfect for growing spring-blooming bulbs. We have plenty of winter cold for favorites such as tulips and daffodils to get their needed “chill” time, then we usually have a ...

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 ...

Emily Dickinson thought hope was the "thing with feathers," but a flower bulb seems like a better metaphor for hope. Tucked into the earth months in advance, bulbs are packed with promise of a ...

We are used to stores rushing through holidays and seasons, but it might come as a surprise to see spring bulbs among Christmas decorations at local stores. But this isn’t a case of rushing things ...