Can you imagine a river of blue flowers flowing through your yard? If you were to visit the Dutch Keukenhof Gardens in the spring, there is an area called the “Blue River.” A broad, azure river is ...

The beginning of April is a good time to think of the color of those daffodils in bloom. Yellow means “slow down” so pace yourself when it comes to adding tender plants and planting seeds this week.

The flowers of the grape hyacinth are intensely blue, a deep vivid water-blue. It gets its name from the dense head of rounded florets that look somewhat like a bunch of grapes held upside down. The ...

True blue flowers are few and far between for most of the year, but luckily March and April provide a wealth of miniature blue bulbs. Most of these measure less than nine inches in height and they are ...

Whether indoors or in the garden, these fragrant beauties will delight Hyacinth. Photo: Colin Gillen There are not many plants that lend themselves to both indoor and outdoor use. One of the flowers ...

If you’re looking for flowers to welcome spring with a fanfare, you can’t beat hyacinths. Plant bulbs now and you’ll enjoy their glitzy colour and intoxicating perfume in just a few months’ time.

The Endless Summer hydrangea is a newer variety that flowers on both old and new wood, so it will bloom “endlessly” all summer even if it is pruned in the spring. Courtesy photo The beginning of April ...