* What it is: ‘Purple Sensation’ is a variety of ornamental onion that produces three-inch-round, golfball-sized violet-purple flowers in May. The lollipop-like flowers grow at the tips of the two- to ...

When gardeners think of spring-blooming bulbs, the top four plants that come to mind are crocus, daffodils, hyacinths and ...

The emergence of bulbs in spring heralds the annual start of the garden springing back into life from its winter slumber. The sight of the early bloomers, such as snowdrops and winter aconites, can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring has sprung! As winter has started fading away and the days have grown longer, nature is beginning to awaken for spring. One ...

Autumn is here, and many gardeners like to continue gardening through the season. The crisp, cool weather shouldn’t deter you from adding new plants to your garden or home landscape. As soon as the ...

It’s bulb-planting season if you want a riot of colour in spring, from the vivid yellows and subtle creams of daffodils, to the rich purples of crocus and the soft blues of camassias. But there are so ...

Many gardeners know that November and December are prime months for planting spring-flowering bulbs such as crocus, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips outdoors. Some gardeners want a taste of that ...

Wait! Before you put those tulip, daffodil, crocus and hyacinth bulbs in the ground, do you want to multiply them? Sure, they’ll multiply by themselves, but you can speed up the process. Bulb or Corm?

Propagation of a daffodil bulb. Scoring the bottom of the bulb with shallow knife slits coaxes it to make bulblets which, over time, swell into flowering bulbs. Lee Reich Wait! Before you put those ...