The good news is that you can still plant bulbs as long as the soil is not frozen. So far this year we have experienced a few warm spells (intermixed with cold spells!) which have left the soil ...

Mother Nature is such a tease. On warm, sunny spring days when we see masses of tulips blooming we’re enticed to plant while we’re in the mood. But Mother Nature says that’s neither the time nor the ...

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Slowly but surely, the chilly autumn breeze has us retreating from our gardens and into the cosy corners of our homes. But before we bid our plots farewell until next year, there’s one more thing to ...

Flowering bulbs can be planted in fall or spring, depending on the variety. Bulbs planted in fall need to develop their roots before the first frost and need a freezing period to bloom. Bulbs planted ...

If you admired your neighbor’s tulips and daffodils last spring and wished that you had some of these flowers in your yard, now is the time to plant these hardy bulbs before the ground freezes if you ...

Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and a host of other small spring-flowering bulbs can be planted from now through early December. The month of October is the ideal time to plant spring-flowering ...

Get ready now for early spring color. If you thought autumn is the time to stop gardening, think again. It's bulb-planting time! The later part of September and into October is the time to start ...

Here’s what you need to know to create a beautiful spring garden Gardens inherently occupy a fourth dimension. Plants respond directly to the passage of time: each day, each season, each year.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Late last autumn, I knelt in a blustery November wind and dug in the ground, planting daffodil bulbs. I was resolved not to spend another spring deprived of ...

Fall is the perfect time to plant spring-flowering bulbs like tulips and daffodils since they need cold winter temperatures to break them out of their dormancy. After this, the flowers will begin ...