How appropriate hurricane lilies are blooming after Hermine came through this area! If you don’t have these in your garden, you need to add some. The hurricane lily (Lycoris radiata var. radiata) is ...

It’s interesting how particular plants become associated with certain holidays and seasons. For Christmas there is the poinsettia, and chrysanthemums are the symbol of fall. The Easter lily, of course ...

Every year, the National Garden Bureau shines a spotlight on a select group of plants, and for 2024, the lily has been chosen as one of those deserving special recognition. Celebrated during ...

A few years ago, my daughter procured a bunch of Stargazer lilies at a flower shop. The scintillating beauty of these flowers is appropriately complemented by their exceptional fragrance. Gosh, I ...

There is an addiction – bordering on an obsession – that involves scrolling through our cell phones as one outrageous vignette after the next appears on the screen. The surprises are endlessly ...

I’ve often heard gardeners in our area complain that they can’t grow tulips and other Northern bulbs that require chilling hours. But one interesting group of bulbs in the South that is the envy of ...

Q. I planted `Stargazer' lily bulbs in March, and they came up nicely in May and started to bud. However, the foliage on many plants begin to yellow and drop. Some have survived and are blooming, but ...

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Question. We received an Easter Lily as a gift, and the plant is about done flowering. Can I save the plant to flower next year? Answer. Keep the plant for a repeat performance next year but probably ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. You may be more familiar with the Hippeastrum genus ...