DENVER — Imagine pots of tulips, daffodils and hyacinths blooming in spring on your windowsill or patio. It's fairly easy. Spring-flowering bulbs grow beautifully in pots. Use plastic pots--gallon ...

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.

In terms of planting depth, Luke Newnes of Hillarys says a good rule of thumb is to plant bulbs about three times as deep as the bulb is tall. This is usually around ten to 15 centimetres deep. Space ...

Witnessing flowers as they open on shoots that emerge from bulbs can create a similar response. Even though you may know what ...

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 ...

Keeping the garden looking bright all year requires some forward planning, and gardeners preparing for spring should turn ...

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 ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include Lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Daffodils ...

While you may associate bulbs with flower beds, these plants do well in containers as well. Providing season-long color, texture, and height, flower bulbs planted in containers offer an easy way to ...