There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more intense shades of showy blue-violet, purple, orange, pink, or ruby, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - All of a sudden, it seems, in late winter come the first signs of spring - lawns loaded with pretty purple, light lavender or sometimes yellow or white crocuses. Crocus bulbs are ...

Crocuses are usually one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, poking up through snow and sludge to add shades of green and purple to the gray. However, you don't have to wait until the ...

Specialty bulbs, sometimes called minor bulbs, reflect the many other spring bulb treasures that can be planted in fall to herald the next growing season. Because many are diminutive, they are perfect ...

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Dear Master Gardener: I am designing a memorial garden at our church and was wondering about planting crocus bulbs this fall. There is a verse in the Bible that says, “The desert shall rejoice and ...

Off to buy bulbs today? Spare a thought for the crocus. No other plant is so adept at brightening that dreary limbo period between winter and spring. Collectable species can be nurtured in patio pots, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In my working and writing life I inhabit two parallel worlds, one classical, one horticultural. At times they ...

* What it is: An unusual bulb (technically a corm) that sends up foot-tall, lance-leafed green leaves in spring, then dies back over summer, then sends up leafless stems in late summer that produce ...

As snow blankets the ground and gardens are tidied, hidden dangers to dogs can rapidly surface, from poisonous bulbs to ...