There are over 50 different types of spring-blooming crocus bulbs in colors ranging from white or pale pink and lavender to more intense shades of showy blue-violet, purple, orange, pink, or ruby, ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: To honor my mother, I would like to plant crocus bulbs on her grave site. And of course the cemetery is going to mow them off in the spring. Will they survive, or is this a waste of ...

Off to buy bulbs today? Spare a thought for the crocus. No other plant is so adept at brightening that dreary limbo period between winter and spring. Collectable species can be nurtured in patio pots, ...

Crocuses are like Hamlet's sorrows: they come not single spies, but in battalions. It is remarkable how one day there seem scarcely any around, and the next they are everywhere. This seems especially ...

Just a week or so after the ground thaws–usually in late March–up come the perky purples, yellows and whites of crocuses, like cheery little signposts pointing the way to summer’s multicolored glory ...

Gardeners everywhere are in limbo because of the wintry weather., and yesterday I went on the prowl (like a restless animal) for more seed potatoes and shallots purely to keep my faith and hope alive.