Planting flower bulbs at the right time of year using the best methods for the specific flowers can help ensure that you have a rainbow of color blooming in your garden. One common question is whether ...

Spring-flowering bulbs create the most gorgeous flowers throughout the increasingly warmer seasons, but make sure you're ...

Do you know the difference between a bulb, rhizome and tuber? “Sunset Western Garden Book” explains that there are five types of bulbs: true bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers and tuberous roots. Bulbs ...

Autumn is here, and many gardeners like to continue gardening through the season. The crisp, cool weather shouldn’t deter you from adding new plants to your garden or home landscape. As soon as the ...

Showy irises are standouts in any flower garden, whether you use them as a border or as the star of the show. The distinct shape and petal arrangement make these flowers easy to identify, even though ...

There is an addiction – bordering on an obsession – that involves scrolling through our cell phones as one outrageous vignette after the next appears on the screen. The surprises are endlessly ...

As winter settles in with days getting colder, Michigan skies get cloudier, we gardeners start to get antsy for the beginning of the growing season and longing for spring flowers to bloom. We can give ...

Dear Master Gardener: I got a basket filled with bulbs as a gift. After the flowers die can the bulbs be planted in my garden in the spring? Answer: It depends on what type of bulbs are in your bulb ...

Having a yard full of colorful flowers adds plenty of curb appeal to your house. Planting perennial bulbs that bloom for several growing seasons reduces the amount of upkeep for your garden. A bulb ...