Winter isn’t just a quiet season for the garden—it’s a high-stakes survival challenge for your precious bulbs and tubers. One ...

Gladiolus are gorgeous, impressive, summer-blooming flowers that grow from corms. Some hardy varieties are available that survive winter weather in many USDA growing zones but others are hardy only in ...

Tender bulbs need to be dug up and stored to prevent winter damage. Many flowering bulbs—like dahlias, cannas, begonias, and more—fade by the first frost and aren’t hardy enough to survive the frigid ...

Lifting your flower bulbs from the ground after they've bloomed is a useful strategy if your perennial tulips (Tulipa spp.) come back but aren't as big or abundant as in previous years. If you want to ...

Can bulbs I bought be stored for planting next year? I just moved into a new house and haven’t had time to prepare a planting bed, but got bulbs cheap and don’t want them to go bad. Bulbs do not store ...

Q: I read all about the flower gift from one of my children. It was the amaryllis and it was a joy to watch it bloom twice with two stems around December. Then I read where you said it was OK to let ...

Storing amaryllis bulbs properly matters because it lets them rest, recharge energy, and bloom again beautifully next winter. Most amaryllis bulbs don’t need to be removed from their pots and can rest ...

SUMMER-flowering bulbs and corms, such as gladioli and begonias, need to be dug up within the next few weeks so they can be safely stored for the winter. Although you can take a chance and leave them ...