Colourful bulbs are calling out to us from the shelves of garden centres and from the pages of mail order catalogues. Their siren sounds seem to say, “Buy me, plant me, water me and you’ll be rewarded with my spring beauty.”To succumb to these irresistible cries is to play into the hands of the squirrels. [...]
Are there naked ladies in your garden? Calm down, I’m not talking about nude gardening; I’m referring to flower bulbs that bloom in the fall.Naked ladies, also called autumn crocus and known botanically as Colchicum, are bulbs that can be planted right now that will bloom this fall – unlike other hardy bulbs, such as [...]
How and when did we start thinking that back-to-school time signals the change in seasons from summer to fall? Technically, summer is with us until September 22, so there’s a whole lotta summer left to enjoy. If you’re one of the many who think that June is the peak of the gardening season, listen up [...]
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