Chionodoxa Forbesii

These beauties poke their head up through the snow in the earliest of spring! Perfect for colder zones and great planted in rock and woodland gardens or in lawns. An early spring bloomer, it's always a delight to catch a peek at its pretty petite pink...

Our custom 'Early Spring Bulb Garden' consists of a perfect pairing of Tarda tulips, Chionodoxa Luciliae, and Muscari armeniacum bulbs. Flower bulbs are inexpensive and very easy to grow.

Best planted in late fall. In USDA zones 8-10, refrigerate the bulbs for no less than eight weeks. Our custom 'Early Spring Bulb Garden' consists of a perfect pairing of Tarda tulips, Chionodoxa Luciliae, and Muscari armeniacum bulbs.

For an informal look, plant in groups in natural swathes or bouquets. Picked by our long-time employees, these garden blends are foolproof and complimentary in color, bloom time, and plant height and are goal/theme oriented.

Glory of the snow bulbs are one of the first blooming plants to appear in spring. The blooms are up to ¾ inch across and face upward, showing creamy white throats. You can also plant this flower from seed, but it will take several seasons to form bulbs...

I do still have one big project though, and that's filling up the new lower bed, shown almost completed in the second photo for today. The new bed is quite deep and will need about five cubic yards of fill soil, all of which will need to be carried by...

If you have a favorite blue plant in your yard, please share with our readers!Ageratum is a reliable source of blue in summer beds or containers. Centaurea or bachelor's button, an old-fashioned cottage garden favorite, never fails to delight with its...

The second flower was a pot full of blooming chionodoxa, part of the booty from a raid my wife and I made on an abandoned villa above Camogli last fall. The first photo is the group of woven palms my wife bought.

Having wilted bulb foliage elsewhere in the garden provides a ready reference for placing new or relocated bulbs. If you are moving bulbs in spring or summer, you can add a gentle fertilizer or compost to the planting hole.Once bulb foliage begins to...