For a bit of early color and fragrance inside your home or office, branches from many common flowering trees and shrubs can be forced to blossom indoors, even when the weather outside is cold and ...

You’re getting impatient for spring to arrive. You’ve had enough of winter. Mother Nature, however, is on her own schedule. It varies from year to year and she won’t tell you if she decides to change ...

The arrival of spring is just one month away, but the last month of winter can be hard on a gardener. The days are noticeably longer, the snow and ice has melted, the stems of spring-flowering bulbs ...

These past few weeks of cold, gray days have made me look forward to spring. The poinsettias are finally spent, the amaryllis bulbs have bloomed and the paperwhites are almost over. So what now? Bring ...

Fewer flowers bloom in winter, yet many people love fresh flowers in their homes. Some enjoy blooming houseplants such as African violets and orchids, but some like blooms from the garden. Many ...

Dear Master Gardener: When can I cut my tree branches to force flowering indoors? How is it done? Answer: One way to bring a touch of spring to our indoors is to cut branches of flowering trees and ...

I often write about something I learned from my father or grandfather. This week, however, it’s something my mother taught me: how to force flowers into bloom in the middle of the winter. Forcing is ...

Garden flower bulbs are easy to grow though they often need to be planted months in advance for bold, healthy blooms. While most freshly planted bulbs can withstand the cold winter weather outdoors, ...

Prune branches with flower buds from forsythia, crab apple, cherry and ornamental pear trees and bring them inside for forcing, says Debi Phillips, landscape designer at Scentimental Gardens in St.