As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the ...

The appearance of the first spring flowers is always a welcome sight, and one of the earliest is snowdrop (Galanthus spp.). Although they are in the amaryllis family, snowdrops are cold-climate plants ...

After a long, gloomy winter, nothing can beat that first warm feel of spring, and the explosion of color that comes with it. While flowers are present all year round, spring has a magic that’s hard to ...

Snowdrops (galanthus) are the earliest bulbs to bloom in Western Washington gardens and are deer- and rodent-proof bulbs. Courtesy photo The second week of February is a good time to dig up and divide ...

If your branches are barely budding and your lawn is brown after a long winter, you're probably desperate for a little bright ...

This story was originally published in March 2020. Details about the 2021 Galanthus Gala have been updated. They’re one of the first flowers of the new year. And they’re hardy enough to survive the ...

It's funny how you treasure the smallest things the most. Not content with a smattering of shrubs about the foundation, I covered most of my front yard with garden beds shortly after moving in. There ...

THEY are among the very first flowers to appear as winter ebbs, and a gentle reminder that spring is on the way. The humble snowdrop is beloved by gardeners and nature-lovers alike when it appears in ...

Snowdrops are charming, ethereal, perennial flowers that require very little maintenance, are able to carpet the ground when they become established, and bloom in winter as early as January or ...

5 gorgeous flowering plants to grow in spring: Snowdrops, hyacinths, marigolds Spring is the best time of the year to grow flowering plants as the weather is excellent for the plants to bloom with ...