Every spring, gardening expert and author Sarah Raven relishes the fruits of her labours as her container tulips bring a riot of colour to her garden at Perch Hill Farm, East Sussex, Britain, where ...
Plant bulbs in containers now to enjoy potted blooms in the spring. Here's what you'll need to know — from pot selection to safe storage.
Looking for something different to plant? Wild tulips are the underrated spring-flowering bulbs that bring natural beauty and ...
Q: In February, I bought a beautiful group of tulips in a glass container that has little "pockets" for each bulb to grow in water indoors. They did fantastic. Now the leaves have yellowed and are ...
Fertilize tulips when planting in the fall by adding a handful of compost and about a tablespoon of bonemeal to the hole. After the bulbs sprout in spring, feed them again with bone meal and compost ...
All the flowers and vegetables to plant in November, plus all the garden jobs to tick off during the month - from pruning to ...
"When you buy supermarket flowers, take them home and doll them up," suggests Sally Ferguson, director of the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center in Danby, Vt. "Bringing home pots or bunches of ...
Tulip mania, a strange financial bubble in Holland in the 1630s, made a tulip bulb cost up to 10 times the yearly income of a skilled craftsman, according to reports. The flowers became a status ...
The third week of May is safe for setting out bedding plants, planting most vegetable seeds into the garden and replanting your window boxes, containers and patio pots. Weed the beds, compost any ...