In the darker days of winter, it’s always lovely to have beautiful flowers. Even now, it’s not too late to consider “forcing” bulbs to enjoy indoor blooms for the winter season. If you are sensitive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White Amaryllis 'Santiago'. Fill your home with beautiful fresh flower displays and heavenly scent for Christmas by planting a ...

Hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) can actually be replanted outside after forcing, and with their dense flower spikes and strong fragrance, they are one of my favorite flowers for an indoor hint of ...

Winter has a funny way of making everything feel a little too gray, a little too silent, and a lot too cold. But nothing snaps the season out of its dreariness quite like an explosion of color ...

Nothing's cheerier on a nasty, cold, wet winter day than to have blooms indoors. Many bulbs and spring-flowering branches can be forced inside, usually flowering more quickly than they do outside. • ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ATU Images/Getty Images While you may associate flowering bulbs with spring, the work for getting these beauties to bloom actually ...

Every fall, I enjoy the ritual of buying and planting hyacinth bulbs to force into bloom in the middle of January. With hardly any effort, I can have hyacinths blooming in late January indoors! I also ...

For sublime fragrance, showy flowers and a rainbow of vibrant shades to choose from, you really can’t beat hyacinths. Grow bulbs indoors to add a cheerful touch to a room, or plant outside for an ...

We are approaching the Persephone period, when daylight is less than 10 hours. This is the time when outdoor growth is dramatically halted, even if temperatures remain hight. Greek legend says that ...

The fall chores are wrapping up and the bright colors are fading. Soon our outdoor landscape will take on its winter drabness and we will be looking for color anywhere we can find it. But take heart.

Hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) are beautiful additions to Southern gardens. For two weeks in March or April, they produce showy flowers in vibrant shades of blue, purple, white, pink, and red. The ...

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