Dear Master Gardener: I overwintered my calla lily rhizomes and they are in good shape, but sprouting. When and how should I plant them? Answer: The elegant and beautiful calla lily is not a true lily ...
While some bulbs, like tulips, can be planted and forgotten, other tender bulbs often require an extra step in winter to keep ...
Calla lilies usually flower in summer, but you can brighten up your winter home by forcing them to bloom out of season, which is actually easier than it sounds.
One of the most elegant and beautiful of the flowers that bloom in our spring gardens is the common calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica). Clumps of calla lilies in bloom never fail to attract ...
Bulbs bursting with color are one of the best ways to light up an outdoor space, long before most perennials, trees and shrubs have begun to grow. Planting spring bulbs should result in a gorgeous ...
Spring flowering bulbs bloom in our climate between February and April. They add charming beauty to our spring gardens. Feel free to purchase bulbs from nurseries now while the selection is good, but ...
Editor's note: This column originally ran September 2015. Ann Justice is out this week. She plans to return with a new column next week. QUESTION: I’d like to plant some calla lily bulbs and would ...
Flowering bulbs can be planted in fall or spring, depending on the variety. Bulbs planted in fall need to develop their roots before the first frost and need a freezing period to bloom. Bulbs planted ...
OKAY, IT IS October and that means all the vendors have spring flowering bulbs in stock! Now, today, tomorrow, go out and buy hundreds of bulbs. But why hundreds? Well, I repeat, our climate and soils ...
If you’re home from work and champing at the bit to DO SOMETHING! Planting bulbs now for summer blossoms might be just your ticket. I recently got some calla lilies and sword lilies and planted them ...
Spring officially occurs when the sun reaches the equator as it appears to move northward. Of course, what is actually happening is that the Earth is tilting toward the south pole and will continue to ...