Amaryllis grow and bloom best with at least four hours of sunshine per day. Too much shade may prevent them from blooming again the following year. Let them soak up the light, even after blooming, to ...

With flowering times from late December through to spring, Amaryllis bulbs are guaranteed to add a dash of glamour and hope ...

Purchase high-quality spring bulbs of tulips, hyacinths, crocus, daffodils or grape hyacinths and others by late November and ...

Tall flowers are the statement pieces of a garden. These skyward sculptures bring drama to just about any yard and range from bold, colorful blooms to more subdued blossoms. Both will help define your ...

I’ve been planting bulbs around my property for at least 40 years, and some of them are still flowering each spring. I even have daffodils I brought up from my childhood home in Connecticut that might ...

Seemingly overnight, a Redding gardener said, a rather ordinary-looking plant growing in her yard suddenly developed a bright yellow-tipped, 17-foot-tall flower stalk. The plant sure had never bloomed ...

Fall is in full swing and winter is just around the corner, but spring is only five months away, and now is the time to start thinking about planting flower bulbs so you’ll have those beautiful spring ...

The transition from summer to fall means the colorful annual flowers are fading. Once the annuals are frost-damaged and removed, it’s time to plant bulbs. They announce the much-awaited spring season ...

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 ...

Dear Roger: I need to know if there are plants that do not tolerate backwash water from a swimming pool. I need a plant that can tolerate chlorinated water. I want the plant to provide height and stay ...