Flowers

Colchicums are a welcome surprise in fall. (Garden Making photo)

Fall-blooming colchicums

Lorraine Flanigan

One of the loveliest fall bloomers are Colchicum. Colchicums also make ideal container plants. How to grow, and common misconceptions about colchicums.

Daffodil on Garden Making Instagram by Gary Hall

Why don’t my daffodils re-bloom?

Beckie Fox

Pamela in Sarnia asks why the daffodils she plants each fall bloom the following spring but never again. Beckie provides tips on what's needed to re-bloom.

Garden design ideas for all season blooms

Judith Adam

Get garden design ideas for all season blooms in your garden. Enjoy non-stop flowers from spring right through to fall. Lists of plants and planting plans.

Forced spring bulbs in containers. (All photos by Dugald Cameron)

How to grow spectacular spring-flowering containers

Dugald Cameron

How to force bulbs for beautiful spring-flowering containers. Dugald Cameron explains step by step, starting with fall planting of bulbs.

Tall verbena in a mixed border. (Photos by Jodi DeLong)

In praise of Verbena bonariensis

Jodi DeLong

Christopher Lloyd planted Verbena bonariensis, commonly called tall verbena, at Great Dixter in England, and now Jodi DeLong enjoys it in Nova Scotia.

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