Bring Sunrise to Your Garden with Daffodil ‘Golden Dawn’
Daffodil ‘Golden Dawn’ is a fragrant tazetta daffodil with warm yellow petals and an orange cup. Ideal for sunny borders, containers, and cutting gardens.
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Gigantic Star Daffodil Guide: Giant Yellow Blooms for Spring
Discover how to grow the fragrant, hardy Gigantic Star daffodil, plus details on the Master Gardener bulb sale with online ordering from Oct 12–21.
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Fragrant Jonquil ‘Sweetness’: Sunny Yellow Spring Blooms
Brighten your garden with ‘Sweetness’ jonquils! Known for sunny yellow blooms and rich scent, these easy-care bulbs multiply for years of reliable color.
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Red Spider Lily Guide: Heirloom Fall Blooms for East Texas
Discover how to grow and divide red spider lilies in East Texas, featuring Southern history, planting tips, and Master Gardener bulb sale information.
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Butterfly Ginger Guide: Tropical Fragrance for Shade Gardens
Discover how to grow fragrant Butterfly Ginger in East Texas, featuring shade care, dividing tips, and Master Gardener bulb sale details for early order access.
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Daffodil Pink Charm: Stunning Coral-Rimmed Spring Blooms
Brighten your garden with Pink Charm Daffodil! Featuring ivory petals and frilled coral cups, these easy-care bulbs return reliably every spring.
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Mount Hood Daffodil Guide: Classic White Blooms for East Texas
Discover how to grow the classic, deer-resistant ‘Mount Hood’ daffodil in East Texas, featuring planting tips, care advice, and Master Gardener sale details.
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Fragrant Thalia Daffodils: Graceful White Orchid Blooms
Discover Daffodil Thalia! Featuring fragrant, orchid-like white blooms, this classic, deer-resistant spring bulb thrives in borders and naturalized drifts.
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Ceylon Daffodils: Vibrant, Reliable Blooms for Mild Winters
Discover Ceylon daffodils! Featuring yellow petals and reddish-orange cups, these deer-proof perennials return reliably year after year in Southern gardens.
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Fragrant Jonquil Pipit Bulbs for Soft Spring Color
Brighten your garden with Jonquil Pipit! Featuring fragrant, two-tone pale-yellow blooms, this reliable bulb thrives in borders, drifts, and pots.
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‘Erlicheer’ Daffodils: Fragrant Double Blooms for Winter
Discover ‘Erlicheer’ daffodils! Featuring fragrant double white bloom clusters, these easy-care heirloom bulbs thrive in garden beds, pots, and indoor vases.
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Golden Echo Jonquils: Graceful, Fragrant Spring Blooms
Brighten your garden with Golden Echo jonquils! Featuring butter-yellow cups and white petals, these easy-care spring bulbs thrive in borders and containers.
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Hidden Ginger: Tropical Shade Beauty for Your Garden
Discover Hidden Ginger! Featuring colorful bracts and easy care, this tropical shade perennial thrives in garden beds, indoor containers, and shady spots.
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Brighten Your Spring Garden with Fragrant Kedron Daffodils
Discover Daffodil Kedron! Known for warm apricot-yellow blooms and a sweet scent, this easy-care jonquilla daffodil thrives in beds, borders, and pots.
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Oxblood Lilies: Toughest Heirloom Bulbs for Texas Gardens
Discover oxblood lilies! These resilient heirloom Texas bulbs bloom in early fall, thriving in heat and drought with zero maintenance for generations.
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Spring’s Promise
There’s a certain magic to spring in East Texas—one that feels especially alive as Easter approaches. It’s not just a change in the weather; it’s a full awakening. Lawns green up almost overnight, trees unfurl fresh leaves like they’ve been saving them for a special occasion, and gardeners everywhere begin that familiar ritual of stepping…
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Don’t Cut Daffodil Foliage Until After Mother’s Day
Every spring in East Texas, about the time the daffodils, narcissus, and jonquils finish their show, gardeners start getting the itch to tidy things up. The blooms fade, the leaves begin to flop, and those once‑cheerful clumps suddenly look a little faded. It’s tempting to reach for the pruners. But if you want a strong…
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Snowdrop….or Snowflakes? Identifying Plant Bulbs Can Be Challenging
Just when we’re all weary of the long, dark days of winter, a little bright spot decides to make an appearance. Right around the first of March each year, beautiful small white bell-shaped flowers with green dots on the tip of each petal spring up to provide a bright and cheery display. The green of…
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Keeping Mrs. Lee’s Daffodils Blooming
When I first visited Mrs. Lee’s Daffodil Garden around forty years ago, I left a note in their suggestion box letting them know that they needed to cut or thin some trees in order to keep the daffodils blooming. I was teaching horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University at the time and had my…
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Narcissus ‘Smiling Twin’ – A Springtime Star
My husband and I have 2 sets of “grandtwins” and my mother and aunt are twins, so twins are special in our family. I guess that’s why the Narcissus ‘Smiling Twin’ Daffodil is special to me. Although I can’t grow them in my very shady yard, I have planted them in other family yards and…
