While red is a classic tulip color ... this where they were digging them up. Tulips like to be planted at a depth of 3 times the size of the bulbs which is about 4 to 8 inches deep.

This spring, I took a trip to The Netherlands to see one of the greatest displays of tulips - Keukenhof's tulip festival. Tulips have always topped the list of my favorite spring bulbs and seeing ...

When you're short on space, container gardening can provide you with beautiful flowers, but some blooming bulbs are better ...

The ground is soft and easily planted with bulbs. The last spring flowering ... of Grand Perfection are feathered with dark red, like tulips in an old Dutch painting Are they worth the cost ...

Veseys Seeds is marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War with a special donation. The company, which has sold seeds and gardening supplies from its location in York, P.E.I ...

green and red peppers, tomatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, French beans and runner beans. At first, tulip bulbs were sufficiently unfamiliar to be mistaken for vegetables. On at least one occasion ...

IT’S November! Which means it's officially Tulip Bulb Planting time. Unlike daffodils, these beauties would rather be planted in a colder soil - as the lower temperatures help reduce the risk of ...

Drill holes in the base for good drainage since tulip bulbs rot easily in soggy soil. Half fill the pot with regular potting mix and arrange the bulbs with the pointy side facing up.

If you want to fill your garden with colour next spring, plant bulbs from October to December, before the first frost. Daffodils, tulips, crocus, grape hyacinths and fritillarias are just some of ...

In the 17th Century the Dutch went mad trading tulip bulbs in the hope they could make a massive profit. But was Tulip Mania - a parable of greed compared to the recent heavy investment in the ...

Red pepper flakes sprinkled in the holes and near the top at planting time discourage digging rodents. Wet ground and poor drainage cause problems for most bulbs, including tulips. If they stay ...