One of the best ways to find new things to incorporate into a garden is to peruse the neighborhood at different times of year to see what plants are thriving. In mid- to late summer, some plants are ...

A series of queries from a new gardener wanting recommendations for Allium varieties reminded me that I wanted to tuck in a few more before it’s too late. The best time to plant ornamental alliums and ...

There is something so lovely about being surrounded by flowers throughout the garden season. Any time I’m driving through town and see yards absolutely brimming with flowers, I know a contented ...

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 ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Alliums, ...

WITH GIANT PURPLE globes and metallic pink sparklers, ornamental onions (Allium) blooming in the spring garden are a spectacular sight. But there are more stars in the Allium galaxy than those ...

Most bulbs, including most native plant bulbs, are planted in the fall, but February is an ideal time to plant several summer-blooming bulbs. Summer-blooming “bulbs” that benefit from February ...

Meadows are trendy alternatives to big lawns these days as much of the gardening public aims to aid pollinators and beef up their yards’ native-plant inventory. For most, that means planting or ...

Spring-flowering bulbs come to life in late summer and autumn. For next year, gardeners should buy bulbs now for autumn delivery, aiming to get them in the ground promptly to encourage plentiful roots ...