Every fall, I enjoy the ritual of buying and planting hyacinth bulbs to force into bloom in the middle of January. With hardly any effort, I can have hyacinths blooming in late January indoors! I also ...

Spring is far from our minds - but if you want gorgeous daffodils, tulips, hyacinth or crocus, now is the time to plant them! Are you seeing bags of spring bulbs in the stores right now? It's not what ...

Hyacinths may look like they belong in a formal garden, but these fragrant spring bulbs are surprisingly easy to grow at home. Few flowers signal the arrival of spring quite as clearly, with their ...

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 ...

Hyacinths are perennial bulbs that can come in early spring back year after year in USDA Hardiness Zones 4-8, with a fragrant scent that's a treat after a long winter. But before most other flowers ...

One of my favorite elementary school art projects was making popcorn hyacinths. We would shake popped corn in a paper bag filled with dry tempera paint, cut leaves out of construction paper, and glue ...

Question: I purchased a pot with blooming hyacinth bulbs. The flowers have started to decline. What should I do with the plants? Answer: Perhaps this is the hardest thing for gardeners to do, but toss ...

So you just saw a 50-percent-off bargain on left-over tulip, daffodil, and hyacinth bulbs at the box store. Or you found a pack or two of bulbs that you bought weeks ago but never got around to ...

Daffodils, tulips and hyacinths have been delivering wonderful splashes of color – not just in local parks and yards, but in grocery stores and garden centers where people purchase potted flowers to ...