Planting most bulbs requires patience … a lot of patience. We plant them in the fall and then must wait until spring to enjoy the benefits of our labor. Colchicums are the exception -- perfect for ...

Perennials are excellent plants for adding color to your garden in spring and summer, but many of them tend to fade just ...

If you ask me for a plant that blooms in the fall, the first group of plants that I would think of are in the aster family. This would include mums, goldenrod, New England aster and. of course. the ...

Crocuses are packed full of pollen and are particularly beneficial when they flower in early spring. But while these stunning blooms are most commonly grown to brighten up the garden towards the end ...

Just because summer is almost over doesn't mean we have to say goodbye to fresh floral blooms. While the spring crocus is noted as a herald of warmer weather, the autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) ...

Q: I enjoy reading your columns, even though I live in a retirement community and have left all my lovely flowerbeds behind. But I’ve volunteered to maintain a bed here. These are my questions: When ...

What: Colchicum ‘The Giant’ is a hybrid colchicum have extra large vase-shaped flowers in autumn. The lavender-rose blooms have white at the base inside the petals. These magnificent flowers burst ...

18:45, Fri, Sep 8, 2023 Updated: 18:45, Fri, Sep 8, 2023 A gardening fan has listed five easy-to-grow plants to introduce into your flowering palette for luscious autumn blooms, as revealed on TikTok.

* 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 ...

Q: On my walk to the Ballard library, there’s a garden where crocus are in bloom now. Is there a kind that blooms in spring and again in fall? Do you know what kind of crocus this could be? A: If the ...

Gardeners on the hunt for something special, novel, exotic even, might consider growing saffron crocus for a personal supply of the expensive spice saffron. The spice saffron is produced by the ...