As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the ...

All spring-blooming bulbs, such as hyacinths and crocus, grow well in containers. Photo provided by OSU. (Gertrude K./Flickr) Paperwhite narcissus bulbs, because of their fragrance, are popular to ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: To honor my mother, I would like to plant crocus bulbs on her grave site. And of course the cemetery is going to mow them off in the spring. Will they survive, or is this a waste of ...

“I had trouble with squirrels and chipmunks digging up my tulip and crocus bulbs last fall. Tulips and crocuses are a couple of my favorite spring flowers, and I am planning to plant them again this ...

Flower bulbs are being planted in a trench in a garden. - Natallia Ustsinava/Shutterstock Emily Dickinson thought hope was the "thing with feathers," but a flower bulb seems like a better metaphor for ...

Spring bulbs can be planted until December, as long as the ground doesn’t freeze. But the longer they are out of the ground, the greater the risk of rotting. If you can’t plant right away, keep the ...

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 ...

Even among other little brown blobs — inconspicuous detritus such as abandoned cocoons, say, or concretions of lint — the bulbs of species crocus look unremarkable. When planted in the soil — as ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Spring bulbs are back. Lots ...