It's not too late to plant spring-blooming bulbs. November is often just the right time to give tulips, daffodils, and more time to chill before temperatures warm.

Spring gardens thrive with bulbs, but many attract rodents. Choose rodent-resistant varieties with unappealing tastes or strong scents. Options range from tall orange blooms to compact blue flowers.

Garlic plants require at least six hours of bright indirect light daily to grow properly, and this is particularly important if you want to grow garlic bulbs rather than greens. If you have a bright ...

Homegrown garlic is such a luxury for cooks who love fresh ingredients. If you’ve ever wondered how to grow garlic, you’ll be pleased to know it’s one of the easiest crops to master. Just plant a few ...

If you don't get your bulbs planted soon and the soil freezes, you can pot them up. This is called forcing, although not much ...

If you've never planted tulip bulbs before, the process might seem a bit intimidating, but the fact is that tulips are easy to plant and grow, even in pots. That's why they rank among the most popular ...

Gardening often is an exercise in thinking ahead. Being able to enjoy flowers, foliage and food from the garden depends on whether you ticked off the requisite list of to-dos in previous seasons. That ...

Autumn is a great time to get ahead of garden maintenance, as well as being the optimal time to plant one type of flower bulb to get ready for next spring. Autumn is the perfect time to get ahead of ...

The warm fall weather has allowed me to complete a lot more jobs in the garden. I am one of those gardeners who cleans up the gardens in the fall. But I have lots of neighbours who do not do any fall ...

With its vivid, trumpet-shaped blooms, amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.) is known as an iconic holiday flower that can brighten up the long, winter nights and cold dreary days. The bulbs of these flowers ...

Autumn is in full force. Green leaves have turned to brilliant shades of red and gold that flutter to the ground in their yearly dance. The garden is winding down in preparation for its long winter ...

Autumn marks the ideal period for getting on top of garden maintenance, readying lawns and flower borders to flourish through winter and into the following year. It's also the moment to prep your ...