The holidays have a funny way of turning even the most casual plant owner into a full-blown indoor gardener. Suddenly, everyone wants flowers exploding out of pots just in time for December ...

One of the best ways to bring the joy of the garden indoors for winter is by forcing bulbs, i.e. tricking them to bloom early for an indoor display. This is a particularly popular practice for festive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forcing bulbs indoors allows you to enjoy colorful flowers during the winter months, brightening up your home. Simulating winter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White Amaryllis 'Santiago'. Fill your home with beautiful fresh flower displays and heavenly scent for Christmas by planting a ...

Last week I wrote that I’d go over the process of bulb forcing. So, here goes! The definition of “forcing” a bulb is to get it to grow and bloom at a time when it usually wouldn’t. You’ve all seen ...

Previous generations of gardeners knew that coaxing bulbs to bloom early was the easiest way to have fresh flowers in winter. Here’s how they did it. By Margaret Roach Before Page Dickey and Francis ...

As winter settles in with days getting colder, Michigan skies get cloudier, we gardeners start to get antsy for the beginning of the growing season and longing for spring flowers to bloom. We can give ...

Forcing is the term to describe the process that stimulates bulbs to bloom out of season; forcing bulbs is how you can have bulbs blooming in pots in the middle of winter. The most-found forced bulbs ...

November is the gloomiest month of all. It’s cold and raw, but usually without enough snow to cross country ski on. It rains nearly every day, or seems like it does. The garden is put to bed, or if ...