My plant discovery of last year was Allium schubertii. I had often admired them at Sissinghurst and thought they were a marvel - albeit something extraordinary and weird rather than beautiful. I was ...

I am not crazy about baseball games. I go to see the fireworks. If my 2019 garden goes as planned, I won’t have to wait long to see floral fireworks. Next year, with a gardener’s good luck, my ...

A reader recently asked for the name of a plant shown in one of my books. She described it as a yellow starburst. It is indeed a distinctive plant, one my kids used to call the alien spaceship plant.

Most folks consider tulips an annual flower and replace them every fall because they rarely return and bloom well after the first year. Tulips come from the high mountains of the “stan” countries ...

British gardening expert Carol Klein, who also regularly appears on BBC Gardeners’ World, has shared more of her tips for gardening in autumn. In the fourth instalment of her new five-part series on ...

Fall bulb catalogs are sweetened with alluring eye candy, including those lollipop-shaped alliums. Their large, globed flower heads consist of petite star-like blossoms that shoot from stems rising 2 ...

Take your garden to new heights with alliums. This ornamental member of the onion family provides welcome color as spring bulbs fade and before summer perennials fill our gardens with colorful blooms.

I love Alliums because they add fantastic form, color and texture to your summer garden. They’re incredibly easy to grow, disdained by deer and rodents and have few (if any) insect pests. There are ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Ornamental alliums are a striking addition to the spring and early summer ...