Trying to choose seeds and bulbs from a gardening catalog is an exercise in restraint. Catalog pages are filled with vibrant colors bursting from morning glories and the unique shapes of dahlia tubers ...

Q. I’ve received some flower bulb catalogs offering really attractive amaryllis bulbs that can be grown in pots. I’d like to try them, but they are kind of expensive. What are my chances of success? A ...

Shopping for flower bulbs: It’s one of the more joyful summertime garden chores, certainly better than dragging hoses and sprinklers around or keeping ahead of the most incorrigible weeds. Bulb ...

For plant people, August is the month you may have received a tempting bulb catalog in your inbox or mailbox from a company you previously purchased from. How can it be time to order spring bulbs ...

Spring-blooming bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths are garden oddities because they have to go in the ground dormant the fall before in order for them to bloom the following spring. That’s ...

This fall my small band of volunteer gardeners, the Late Bloomers, have begun work on a wild flower pollinator garden at the OPC, the senior citizen’s center in Rochester. Because many of the flowers ...

Species tulips are perfect for our climate. Many can take hot summers without a sweat. They hold foliage through much of the early to midsummer and build bigger, better and more flowerful bulbs for ...

Even while our perennial and annual flower gardens are bursting with bloom, we should think about spring color. After a long, prairie winter we will be ready for tulips, daffodils and other bulb ...

But there are a few things to consider before you go shopping. By Margaret Roach Shopping for flower bulbs: It’s one of the more joyful summertime garden chores, certainly better than dragging hoses ...