Fall is a great time to plant cool-weather-loving flower species and spring-blooming bulbs. Check out these 14 purple flowers you can plant in October.

Give alliums full sun, well-draining soil, and light watering until dormancy to keep bulbs healthy.

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Alliums, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Now is the time for an annual act of faith: looking ahead for bulbs which might flower well in spring. This year I am ...

21:39, Thu, Sep 10, 2015 Updated: 21:48, Thu, Sep 10, 2015 They are usually available from August, but that is too early to plant them - it's best to stick to late September and October for most bulbs ...

Alliums are the ornamental relatives of garlic. This year, with lots of rain and cool temperatures, they sprouted early and went to bloom outrageously creating glorious garden pictures. And, since ...

Gardeners looking for a new flower for their beds might consider the allium called "Millenium" that was selected as the 2018 "perennial plant of the year" by the Perennial Plant Association. The ...

Beets thrive in cooler weather, and their roots tend to become sweeter and more flavorful. Ideally, they should be planted 4 ...

Deer have an aversion to plants that are overly fragrant, fuzzy, thorny, or poisonous, explains Alex Kantor, owner at Perfect ...

Credit: Floral Design and Photography by Leatal Cohen of Pic and Petal Credit: Floral Design and Photography by Leatal Cohen of Pic and Petal I’m no master gardener or pro florist, but I pay attention ...