In late winter, keep your eyes peeled for purple, yellow and white crocus flowers poking out of a bed of mulch or beneath a snowy blanket. These cup-shaped blooms appear in a swath of colors, painting ...

Dear Master Gardener: I am designing a memorial garden at our church and was wondering about planting crocus bulbs this fall. There is a verse in the Bible that says, “The desert shall rejoice and ...

Every early April, I admire the few crocus bulbs in my gardens. Gotta plant more. And every early May, they are gone and forgotten. Contrasted to tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the lowly crocus ...

* What it is: An unusual bulb (technically a corm) that sends up foot-tall, lance-leafed green leaves in spring, then dies back over summer, then sends up leafless stems in late summer that produce ...