In late winter, keep your eyes peeled for purple, yellow and white crocus flowers poking out of a bed of mulch or beneath a snowy blanket. These cup-shaped blooms appear in a swath of colors, painting ...

Sunshine in the garden is a rare and beautiful New Year treat. Elspeth Thompson shows how to make the most of those winter rays. Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant', voted the International Flower Bulb ...

What is in full bloom in my garden can be finished and gone in London and have not yet put in an appearance of any kind in Aberdeen. And no year has been more difficult to call than this one, with ...

I’VE never liked the phrase ‘spring has sprung’. It suggests the season of rebirth arrives in a single flourish over a matter of days – one minute it’s winter then Bang! This, however, is not my ...

Off to buy bulbs today? Spare a thought for the crocus. No other plant is so adept at brightening that dreary limbo period between winter and spring. Collectable species can be nurtured in patio pots, ...