Some spring-blooming bulbs inspire songwriters (“Tiptoe Through the Tulips″). Others even move poets (“I wandered lonely as a cloud … / When all at once I saw a crowd, / A host, of golden daffodils”).

True blue flowers are few and far between for most of the year, but luckily March and April provide a wealth of miniature blue bulbs. Most of these measure less than nine inches in height and they are ...

Specialty bulbs, sometimes called minor bulbs, reflect the many other spring bulb treasures that can be planted in fall to herald the next growing season. Because many are diminutive, they are perfect ...