Dear Roger: I have a Carolina lily that I bought about five years ago in Ashe County. It was 8-10 inches tall and had never bloomed. About three years ago it had its first bloom and has had multiple ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. You may be more familiar with the Hippeastrum genus ...

Many of these flower bulbs offer colorful blooms, others attract hummingbirds and butterflies, and some are adaptable to ...

A lily bulb produces new green growth as the weather warms in the spring and depending on the variety and hardiness zone, blooms emerge in late spring or summer. Once the plant has bloomed, the ...

The lily season begins early and ends late, so you have a wide variety to pick from to brighten your garden with color and scent. Late summer is the culmination of the lily celebration that began in ...

Once you’ve planted lilies, the bulbs will continually grow and flower for many years. However, like any plant, lilies can only be planted at specific times and the different types require different ...

In the world of lilies, there is nothing more spectacular than the growing number of stunning oriental X trumpet hybrid lilies, commonly known as orienpets. Marketed as "lily trees" by many garden ...

Mid-July typically is when flower gardens hit their stride. Perennials are in bud or blossom, and annuals continue to thrive. It’s a kaleidoscope of color to be sure, assuming fungal disease and ...

Hoping for beautiful flowers and lush foliage in your garden this summer? Consider adding bulbs to your beds. Most summer-flowering bulbs are native to tropical and subtropical climates and will ...

Just in time for bulb-planting season, “Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden” (Timber Press, 2024) is at hand. It is written by Jacqueline van der Kloet who has designed bulb gardens all over the world ...

It’s interesting how particular plants become associated with certain holidays and seasons. For Christmas there is the poinsettia, and chrysanthemums are the symbol of fall. The Easter lily, of course ...