Brent & Becky's Blog — spring garden planning

9 Bulbs that Bloom in Early Spring

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The first signs of spring have arrived! Here’s what’s blooming in the early spring garden.

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Preview Our Spring Catalogue

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NEW! Foliage and flowers for 2020 🌿 Start your spring planning now.

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Lilies

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  With large, showy blooms famous for their trumpet shapes and a dazzling array of colors, lilies are some of the most iconic flowers found in our gardens. Not to mention, they’re also some of the most diverse, with varieties of all shapes, colors, and sizes to fit any aesthetic.   How to Plant Lilies While most bulbs can be purchased in advance and kept in storage before planting, lilies are prone to drying out in storage. To prevent this, plan to purchase your lilies just before you expect to plant. Lilies need a good winter chill to produce big...

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Planting Bulbs in the Fall

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Spring can be a challenging time for our patience as gardeners. On one hand, it’s the time of rebirth, when all the snow and cold weather melt away to spring sunshine and warmth. But it’s also the stretch of time where things look brownest and most desolate before new Spring shoots start to show, and certainly weeks before we can think about planting in the cold ground. Our gardens need their time to wake up from their Winter slumber but we can have a hard time waiting as our yards melt to reveal bare dirt and puddles.

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