Many years ago, when I was 11 or 12, I woke in the middle of the night to find my mom’s light still on. Curious, since she usually went to bed relatively early, I peeked in her door to find the ...

We’re now in the prime of bulb-planting season, that rite of fall that seems out of place when we’re about ready to yank or cut back plants in the rest of the yard. That contrarian picture is just one ...

“Before the snow came, the leaves of my spring bulbs had grown 4 to 6 inches up out of the ground. Will the snow cover harm the ability of the bulbs to flower? Is there anything that I can do to help ...

Previous generations of gardeners knew that coaxing bulbs to bloom early was the easiest way to have fresh flowers in winter. Here’s how they did it. By Margaret Roach Before Page Dickey and Francis ...

The first flowers in my garden a couple of weeks ago were yellow and purple crocus and the tiny, pale blue star-faces of chionodoxa, aptly nicknamed glory-of-the-snow. These tiny bulbs often sprout ...