Knowing your onions pays off in the flowery part of your garden as well as on the vegetable patch. In recent years everyone seems to have heard the word allium, the botanical name for the onion family ...

They are usually available from August, but that is too early to plant them - it's best to stick to late September and October for most bulbs although tulips do best when planted in November. With the ...

Now is the time for an annual act of faith: looking ahead for bulbs which might flower well in spring. This year I am a battle-scarred veteran. In early spring rampageous badgers ploughed through my ...

I adore alliums. You can also call them ornamental onions. But don't be put off. These are nothing like the tear-provoking kitchen onions. These produce magnificent flowers. I have many fond memories ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Alliums, ...

Mention the word alliums and many of us will instantly think of the many different edible members of the onion family, from chives (Allium schoenoprasum), leeks (Allium ampeloprasum) and garlic ...

Gardeners looking for a new flower for their beds might consider the allium called "Millenium" that was selected as the 2018 "perennial plant of the year" by the Perennial Plant Association. The ...

Alliums are the ornamental relatives of garlic. This year, with lots of rain and cool temperatures, they sprouted early and went to bloom outrageously creating glorious garden pictures. And, since ...

Emily Dickinson thought hope was the "thing with feathers," but a flower bulb seems like a better metaphor for hope. Tucked into the earth months in advance, bulbs are packed with promise of a ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Now is the time for an annual act of faith: looking ahead for bulbs which might flower well in spring. This year I am ...