If you don’t hear crickets chirping, it’s time to plant spring-flowering bulbs. That means it’s not time yet to plant, according to the crickets in my garage. Buy your bulbs, keep them in a cool, dark ...

Spring is not just a promise when you're holding a handful of tulip bulbs: It's a bright and colorful guarantee. Each tulip bulb contains the germ of at least one cheerful flower. Planting them now, ...

You have probably heard the saying that good things come to those who wait. This is especially true for gardeners. We plant a tree and wait for it to get big enough that we can have shade. We plant ...

Here’s what Colorblends says: Tulip bulbs we purchase and plant in the fall have been “groomed to bloom,” raised in sandy Dutch soil and fertilized at the right time and in the right amount. Flowers ...

Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and other spring-blooming bulbs can generate one of the biggest color splashes of any flowering plant. However, the way most American gardeners tend to use them – a dozen ...

Most tulips don’t easily perennialize (come back every year) largely because our garden sites aren’t like home – where they were produced in the Netherlands; 99% of tulips come from there. I have ...

BRIDGEPORT ---- There was a time when the name "Bridgeport" could be found throughout Europe. It was printed on typewriters, small appliances, boxes of ammunition, Locomobiles vehicles, Tommy guns, ...

When gardeners think spring flower bulbs, they tend to picture a band of tulips lined up along the front of a house. But tulips are far from the only spring bulb, and that familiar setting is far from ...

As predecessors to today's bold hybrids, dainty species tulips are being grown and sold for their nostalgia and adaptability. Try them in a rock garden or along a border. Pictured is Tulipa clusiana ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 1. Choose the best bulbs. “The quality of the bulbs is really important,” said Bridget Blomquist, a Denver Botanic Garden horticulture specialist in annuals.

Mention tulips, and few of us think of scimitars and Suleiman the Magnificent. But before the Dutch began breeding the flower as the zaftig blossoms we know today, the tulip was a tiny gemlike bloom ...

It’s easy to dream of spring bulbs amid the drudgery of fall leaf raking and garden cleanup. Luckily, now is the time to purchase and plant spring-flowering bulbs for a colorful show. With thousands ...