If you want your garden containers to be filled with colorful flowers in spring, now's the time to get your bulbs planted to make sure they're ready to bloom once our gardens thaw out after winter.

When planting spring bulbs this fall, remember your companion plants! They can add contrast, serve as a backdrop, and hide ...

Question: Last year I purchased pots of tulips and daffodils ready to bloom in January and February. Could I plant some bulbs in pots now and get them to bloom in January? Answer: Yes, forcing bulbs ...

If you’re looking for gorgeous, fragrant blooms to enhance your deck, or flowers you can move from one place to another, consider container-grown bulbs. Many bulbs, corms and some rhizomes do well in ...

Question: I would like to plant some flower bulbs in containers. Is there anything different than planting them in the ground? Answer: Fall planted flower bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, ...

If you're looking for a fragrant flower that grows from a bulb, consider hyacinths ( Hyacinthus orientalis ). "Under a warm ...

For a unique bulb display in spring, plant bulbs in containers. It is possible to layer bulbs in the container to create a dramatic display of bulbs. Keep the containers in an unheated garage over ...

I would like to plant some flower bulbs in containers? Is there anything different than planting them in the ground? Fall planted flower bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and grape ...

There's not much that rivals spring bulb bloom in the garden. The anticipation all winter. The inevitable forgetting where you planted bulbs or that you planted any at all. And then the show. It’s a ...

Wheee! Next spring comes alive when you plant selected spring-blooming bulbs in containers now. It’s great fun and even easy — no weeds, no fuss and flowers thrive with almost no care. Crocuses, ...

Q: I grew 14 containers of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, carrots, kohlrabi, leaf lettuce, spinach, radish, etc. on a second-floor balcony with good results this growing season. Now I'm hoping to set ...

Planting bulbs is an act of faith. Who'd think such beautiful blooms could spring from such lumpy, homely things? But each fall, I bury more of these treasures because bulbs give me great bang for my ...