Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. You may be more familiar with the Hippeastrum genus ...

A lily bulb produces new green growth as the weather warms in the spring and depending on the variety and hardiness zone, blooms emerge in late spring or summer. Once the plant has bloomed, the ...

In the world of lilies, there is nothing more spectacular than the growing number of stunning oriental X trumpet hybrid lilies, commonly known as orienpets. Marketed as "lily trees" by many garden ...

The first time I saw the African blood lily was at a flower show in Atlanta, and I was stunned at its size and beauty. This immediately put it on my ever-growing bucket list of must-have flowers. Now, ...

It’s interesting how particular plants become associated with certain holidays and seasons. For Christmas, there is the poinsettia, and chrysanthemums are the symbol of fall. The Easter lily, of ...

It’s interesting how particular plants become associated with certain holidays and seasons. For Christmas there is the poinsettia, and chrysanthemums are the symbol of fall. The Easter lily, of course ...

Just in time for bulb-planting season, “Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden” (Timber Press, 2024) is at hand. It is written by Jacqueline van der Kloet who has designed bulb gardens all over the world ...

The Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum, is native to the Ryukyu Islands off the southern end of Japan. In the 1880s, this lily was widely cultivated in Bermuda, and from there, bulbs were shipped to the ...