CORVALLIS – In fall, gardeners settle bulbs under a blanket of soil and wait for spring to watch them flaunt their beauty. “It’s easy to create a stunning display that bursts into bloom in the spring ...

Growing tulips in containers is a rewarding way to enjoy colourful blooms even if you don’t have a ground garden. By ...

Dear Master Gardener: I was given a pot of beautiful tulips. Can I plant them outside and enjoy them again next year? Answer: You can try. Tulips are one of the first harbingers of spring and can ...

Tulip Potting, Planting and Growing Tips: When planting tulips to grow in pots, try to place ten bulbs per ten inch pot with the flat side to the rim. This will produce a “Full” display after months ...

BECAUSE of a fondness for naturalised planting, I find it hard to warm to tulips. If ever there were a plant or flower that lends itself to formality and colourful symmetrical patterns, it’s the tulip ...

Tulip Potting and Planting Tips: When potting tulips, we try to place ten bulbs per ten inch pot with the flat side to the rim. This will produce a “Full” display after months of cold treatment and ...

If you find yourself wondering whether you can plant tulips in December, then we reveal you can, as an experienced horticulturist explains why and how to do it ...

I’m looking for the best way to plant tulips in a sunny window box. I’ve been refrigerating the bulbs since late November, and I’m ready to plant them. The problem is that our three window boxes are ...

Tulips, a favorite in the garden, are known as harbingers of spring. Their beautiful flowers and vibrant colors are a refreshing change after a cold and dreary winter – but they also can be forced to ...

AS TULIPS COME into their fringed and blowsy glory, it’s easy to understand why they intoxicated the 17th-century Dutch into a frenzy of speculation. Tulips were a sign of wealth and status, and a ...

A recent caller left a message on my phone mail: "I try every year but I don't have any luck ... how can I force tulips?" "Force them to do what?" That was my initial reaction because tulips are like ...