PHOTO: JACKY PARKER PHOTOGRAPHY/GETTY IMAGES You want to attract butterflies to your garden. They’re pretty, they’re pollinators, and they’re important to the ecosystem. Butterfly bush may seem like an…

Plant Attributes Common Name: Summer snowflake Botanical Name: Leucojum aestivum Family: Amaryllidaceae Plant Type: Bulb Mature Size: 1 ft. to 2 ft. Sun Exposure: Full sun, part shade Soil Type: Loamy, clay, well-drained,…

PHOTO: GETTY/TABITAZN Brent and Becky Heath know daffodils. They grow fields of them at their bulb farm, Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, in Gloucester, Virginia. Here are some…

After New Year’s, most of us are ready to un-deck the halls and toss the seasonal blooming houseplants we’ve collected during the holidays. We’ve managed to keep…

Plant Attributes Common name Crinum lily, poison bulb, spider lily, grand crinum lily Botanical name Crinum asiaticum Family Amaryllidaceae Plant type Perennial bulb Mature size 4-6 feet…

PHOTO: Y TNG JUN / EYEEM/GETTY IMAGES Even though the leaves turn and fall in the autumn months, we can still enjoy some vibrant blooms in the…

You don’t need to travel to South Africa to enjoy one of its finest flowers. Crocosmia, a member of the lily family, grows in the South and…

Plant Attributes Plant Attributes  Common Name:  Daffodil, Narcissus  Botanical Name:  Narcissus  Family:  Amaryllidaceae  Plant Type:  Perennial, Bulb  Mature Size:  6–30 in. tall, 6–12 in. wide  Sun Exposure:…

What Are Golden Spider Lilies? Aptly named golden (aka yellow) spider lily (Lycoris aurea) grows pretty much like the red kind. You plant the bulbs in either fall or…