Some flowering plants that produce bulbs, tubers, or corms need to be lifted and stored for winter. Know which you have if ...
Understanding which bulbs need to be planted in fall and which need to be dug in fall can be confusing, so let’s review.
Now is the time to plant bulbs like tulips, grape hyacinths, crocus, daffodils, hyacinths, and snow drops. These bulbs need ...
With winter right around the corner, there’s no better time to start preparing your garden for colder temperatures and harsh weather. One gardening task you should get done before frost hits involves ...
It is important to plant bulbs at the proper depth. Here in the south, smaller bulbs (anemone, ranunculus, grape hyacinth) are planted in holes about 2 inches deep and larger bulbs (tulip, daffodil, ...
After your Easter lily has finished blooming indoors, it's time to prepare it to go outside. Pinch off the withered flowers but keep the leaves intact so the plant can continue turning sunlight into ...
Naked ladies or surprise lily (L ycoris squamigera). This species produces purpleto- pink flowers reminiscent of trumpets. Blooms form on bare stalks about 18 inches tall. Strappy leaves form in ...
Since the beginning of July, rainfall in the Washington area has been five inches below normal. Tulip poplars yellowed early, and some late-blooming perennials and repeat-blooming plants, like roses, ...