One of the easiest and most useful smart home upgrades you can make is picking up a couple of smart light bulbs. Here’s how to get started.

It’s time to put up your new gardening calendar and give yourself reminders of some of the jobs you’ll need to do through the seasons. Follow this month-by-month bullet point guide to some of the ...

Keeping these plants alive long-term means fertilizing and watering a green-leaved yet flowerless amaryllis and encouraging and maintaining dormancy.

Storing amaryllis bulbs properly matters because it lets them rest, recharge energy, and bloom again beautifully next winter. Most amaryllis bulbs don’t need to be removed from their pots and can rest ...

When the chill of winter begins to fade, it’s time to think ahead to summer. That’s when your garden can burst into colour – provided you’ve tucked the right bulbs into the soil before spring. From ...

This week’s work in our garden includes digging up and preparing gladiolus bulbs for winter storage. Gladiolus, or glads for short, cannot survive in the ground though the winter in our area. Even ...

Tender, non-hardy bulbs with poor cold tolerance often freeze and die if left in the ground during the winter. For instance, unlike their hardy cousins like tulips and daffodils, dahlias, cannas, and ...

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Plants like caladiums, cannas, dahlias, elephant ears and gladiolus bring vibrant color and tropical flair to summer gardens. Unfortunately, they’re no match for our Midwestern ...

Overwintering cold-sensitive bulbs such as dahlias, cannas, and gladiolus is a smart way to save money, preserve your favorite varieties, and even grow bigger blooms the following summer. It’s also a ...

Tulips, daffodils, hyacinth and crocus are common spring blooming bulbs that are planted during the fall season. Fall is also the time to dig up and store summer bulbs like canna, gladiolus and ...

With winter right around the corner, there’s no better time to start preparing your garden for colder temperatures and harsh weather. One gardening task you should get done before frost hits involves ...