In general, most spring-blooming bulbs should be planted starting in mid to late autumn. Many blue flowering bulbs are fairly early bloomers, like crocuses, hyacinths, and bluebells, and can be ...

The saffron crocus is hardy to zone 6, but like other tender bulbs (canna, gladiola, dahlia, calla lily) you can dig up the corms and store them over the winter and plant them again in spring ...

Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews. ... Earliest Spring Crocus. By Moya Andrews Posted March 8, 2012.

Stewart's farm has patches of croci—which look to us like Crocus tommasinianus 'Lilac Beauty' or early crocus—which will grow until early spring. The nice thing about crocus is that they are ...

You can plant spring-blooming bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, crocus, and hyacinth when ground temperatures drop to around 50-55 degrees F or lower (but not freezing), and continue planting up ...

October and November are the perfect time to plant spring-blooming bulbs like daffodils, crocus and tulips. Following a few simple guidelines will help give your bulbs the start they need to ...

He complained that the crocus is a hardy flower, not a spendthrift, and that its flower is saffron yellow, not gold: he was writing before many of the gold spring crocuses in nature were widely ...

Grape hyacinths are not really hyacinths, but they do resemble little clusters of purply blue grapes, and although it may be the power of suggestion, the flowers do smell like grape soda.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of rain lilies, pineapple, avocados, orchids, poinsettias and dealing with lawn tire tracks.