The best way to plant bulbs is to dig a big hole and plant a lot of bulbs all at once. For daffodils or tulips, dig a hole six to eight inches deep, 24 inches wide to 36 inches long.

But since many summer bulbs are cheap (50 cents or less apiece), you can also write them off, treating them as flowers of a season like annuals, and buy more next year. Gladious ...

Rats are not just unpleasant or annoying-they can do real damage in your yard and garden. Grow this lovely flower, and you'll ...

These spring flowers are widely cultivated for their clusters of small flowers that bloom in hues of pink, red, white and purple, often with contrasting markings or patterns.

Plant 'Purple Sensation' bulbs 6-8 inches deep in the fall in well-drained soil and ensure they receive full sun to partial shade for the best results.These alliums naturalize well, so you may ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Now is the time to decide where you should plant bulbs next fall. Here's what I do: I wander around my property each year in the spring to see what ...

It would be even more of a shock if, say, in mid-March you realize that you never planted any spring blooming bulbs and that you’ll have no bursts of color in your yard in the coming months.

Hyacinths are popular for their spring flower spikes with colors ranging from white to pink, red and purple. They work well as a border plant intermixed with other spring flowers and usually grow ...

The same cannot be said, alas, for tulips. When we first moved here five years ago, my mom sent me tulip bulbs as a housewarming gift, which I planted in various flower beds around the house.

Crocus. Crocus sativus. Often the first bulb to poke up their slim, dark green leaf blades with white, yellow, or purple flowers hug the soil.

Perhaps the most well-known of the minor bulbs is the crocus (Crocus spp.), which displays white, cream, purple, lavender, orange or yellow flowers above 2- to 5-inch-tall stems and grassy foliage.