Hyacinth bulbs are easy to grow in a garden and also one of the easiest flowers to force into bloom indoors in winter.

Q: The foliage of grape hyacinths looks nice for a while when it comes up in the fall, but right around now - when it starts to look straggly and unattractive and catches leaves - I get an itchy ...

The smaller bulbs of grape hyacinths can easily be forced indoors, but larger hyacinth bulbs require a bit more effort. Buy bulbs that have been specifically prepared for indoor forcing with a ...

Flowering bulbs are one of the harbingers of spring, bringing with them a splash of unexpected color. For all their beauty, bulbs are surprisingly low maintenance, containing both seed and the source ...

Q • I have a question that my books don’t seem to address, and I was hoping you might have a suggestion. Recently my grape hyacinth bulbs sent up leaves, but so far the flower stalk hasn’t appeared.

Q:We are infested with a fast-spreading grape hyacinth population. We travel a lot. Other than the tedious and impossible task of picking the many and tiny bulbs by hand, how do we get rid of them? A: ...

As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the ...

Q: Can grape hyacinths grow in window boxes or pots? I have a patch of these small bulbs that continues to grow wider and wider, but there are weeds and grass mixed in, so it looks rather messy. I was ...