IT’S ALMOST time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation (although they ...

It is important to plant bulbs at the proper depth. Here in the south, smaller bulbs (anemone, ranunculus, grape hyacinth) ...

It's much easier to pull small weeds regularly than to ignore the garden for weeks (or months) and then try to remove a jungle. Don't let the weeds get ahead of you. This is prime time for weed ...

The smaller bulbs of grape hyacinths can easily be forced indoors, but larger hyacinth bulbs require a bit more effort. Buy bulbs that have been specifically prepared for indoor forcing with a ...

Q: I have a lot of grape hyacinths naturalizing in my front lawn. I was careful not to mow them, but it's been a few mowings now, and my front lawn looks stupid with a dozen tall clumps of grass with ...

Planting bulbs is an act of faith. Who'd think such beautiful blooms could spring from such lumpy, homely things? But each fall, I bury more of these treasures because bulbs give me great bang for my ...

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