When you’re choosing bulbs for spring bloom and you plan to plant them anywhere near trees, smaller is better. That’s the bulb size, not the plant size, said Samantha Peckham, horticulturist at The ...
A few years ago, my daughter procured a bunch of Stargazer lilies at a flower shop. The scintillating beauty of these flowers is appropriately complemented by their exceptional fragrance. Gosh, I ...
Question: I planted Amazon lily bulbs last year that produced large evergreen leaves but have not flowered. When do they normally bloom? Answer: Flowering time is during the winter months for Amazon ...
They’re the showboats of their extended family, hogging the limelight every Easter holiday and becoming, at least in the United States, the vision that most frequently comes to mind when you think ...
Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. You may be more familiar with the Hippeastrum genus ...
Despite the rain that came, then left, came again, leaving muddy puddles behind, garden enthusiasts continued to tour the Iowa City/Coralville gardens last weekend. There were 30 gardens on the tour, ...