If sunlight is scarce in your backyard it's important to choose the right shade-loving plants to make the best of the space. Plants that adapt easily to shade conditions tend to be understated ...

Beautiful spring flower garden with many different colored hyacinths and tulips - nieriss/Shutterstock Common hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) are gorgeous flowering bulbs that fill your garden with ...

Now is the time when it’s easy to be enticed by catalog photos and nursery displays of spring flowering bulbs. Nothing signals spring like the emergence of bright yellow daffodils or fragrant ...

One of my favorite elementary school art projects was making popcorn hyacinths. We would shake popped corn in a paper bag filled with dry tempera paint, cut leaves out of construction paper, and glue ...

During what we fervently hope will be a long rainy winter, cabin fever may make us long for some signs of new plant life and color in or near our homes. This can be achieved with potted flowering ...

Common hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) are gorgeous flowering bulbs that fill your garden with a heady fragrance during spring. They're perfect for mass planting, and with the many hybrids now ...