Gardening websites often extol the beauty of spring-flowering bulbs in outdoor containers but are less forthcoming about how challenging it is.

To perform well in warm climates, some spring-flowering bulbs should be prechilled in a refrigerator before planting.

Caring for a potted amaryllis is easy. To bring a bulb into bloom, all you need to provide is light and water.

Many people discard amaryllis bulbs after they bloom, but it is possible to get a bulb to flower again the following winter.

You don’t have to dig an individual hole for every flower you want to plant. Here's a technique for planting 100 bulbs in just 30 minutes.

If there are squirrels in your area, it’s best to take precautions to protect your tulip and crocus bulbs after planting.

For the growers in the Netherlands, the work is year-round. Follow along a grower's year.

A planting idea for you or your landscape professional is to add bulbs into your street lawn.

There are three main ways to plant bulbs: Poke, drill, or trench. Here's how to determine the best approach for you.

Many daffodil enthusiasts might be surprised to learn that fewer than 500 true King Alfred bulbs are commercially produced each year.

The cod of winter is essential to the life cycle of bulbs.

A paper copy of the Colorblends Planting & Care Instructions is enclosed with every order.

Colorblends dishes the truth about 4 common myths about bulbs.

In Holland, when tulips start to bloom in the fields, Dutch bulb growers do their best to cut off the flowers as quickly as possible.

Daffodils use their lenticular stems and petals that fold into a cylinder to withstand strong winds.

Bulbs are plants, with a difference. Here you will find a brief introduction to bulbs and how to plant and care for them.

The short answer is “fall,” but we can be a little more precise.

Keep your newly arrived bulbs cool and dry, and get them into the ground as soon as possible.

Success with bulbs depends first and foremost on sunshine and soil that drains well.

Planting bulbs is easy. Warning: Your back may disagree with that statement.

Neither should be applied unless necessary.

Here you will find formulas for calculating the square footage of a planting area.

Remove the spent flowers if you wish, but be sure to let the foliage die back naturally if you want flowers again the following spring.

If you are used to planting outdoors, you may be out of practice potting. Don't worry - we have you covered.

Many spring-flowering bulbs struggle in warm southern climates. Some do fine despite the lack of prolonged winter cold. Others do reasonably well if prechilled before planting.

For bulbs that are to be planted in mild-winter climates, it is possible to supplement winter cold by placing the bulbs in a refrigerator for 6–12 weeks before planting.

Most people associate tulips with Holland, but they didn’t originate there.

The answer comes down to wealth, weather, and work.

Are deer a problem for you or your clients? Colorblends offers a complete list of deer-resistant bulbs.

Tulips are among the most iconic of flowers. Everyone recognizes the classic goblet shape. Artists and graphic designers make liberal use of it—abstract, literal and romanticized in drawings, paintings, wallpaper patterns and advertisements.

The ideal time to move or divide daffodils is when the foliage has collapsed and has turned mostly but not completely brown. For most daffodils, this time comes in late spring or early summer.

To encourage perennial tulips to bloom again in future years, we recommend that you do the following...

You buy tulip bulbs, plant them in the fall and enjoy a great display in the spring. But the following spring, all you get is a smattering of flowers and maybe a bunch of leaves. What happened?

Colorblends explains the importance of planting larger bulbs.

Spring-flowering bulbs have growth cycles that set them apart from most other plants.

Why your favorite tulip variety might not be for sale anymore.

How do you know it is time to plant bulbs? Here are some helpful hints.

Colorblends will ship no flowerbulb before its time.