This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a spring-blooming bulb with flowers that look like round purple lollipops.

If your yard is "under-bulbed" and slow to show early-spring color, have a look at these 10 flower bulbs that are best ...

With spring upon us, it’s time to think about planting in home gardens. In Iowa, onions are a popular addition to the vegetable garden as they are easy to grow and take up little space. In this ...

Like humans who have similar traits to our relatives, so does the plant genus, Allium, part of the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allium genus is made up of edibles (onion, garlic, leeks, chives) and ...

Bulbs are perfect for fall planting, as they use the cooler weather to root down before bursting into flower come springtime.

Bulbs bursting with color are one of the best ways to light up an outdoor space, long before most perennials, trees and shrubs have begun to grow. Planting spring bulbs should result in a gorgeous ...

Planting onions too late usually results in disappointingly small bulbs. If you intend to grow onions from seed, you might want to start them indoors in the late winter/early spring to give them a ...

Ornamental allium bulbs should be planted in the fall after the first frost. Learn how to plant and care for allium bulbs.

While the world is struggling this March because of the pandemic outbreak of Covid-19, planning a summer garden makes even more sense. Planting onions is often the first thing I do in the spring to ...

Putting off planting your spring bulbs? Don’t wait until the ground is frozen solid—time your planting correctly for the best ...