Bulbs belong in the ground

Q: I dug up some crocus bulbs during a landscaping project. Should I replant them now or store them to replant in the fall? Some have greenery attached.

— C.H., Mogadore, Ohio

A: The best place for the bulbs is back in the ground, the U.S. Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center says. Leave the green foliage intact when you replant so the bulbs can continue to store energy for next spring.

Photos capture floral beauty

Photographer Christopher Beane manages to take one of the most common themes in art, the flower, and present it in a whole new way.

A collection of Beane's work fills his new book, "Flower," a coffee-table volume that celebrates his unconventional approach to floral photography.

Beane's photos capture flowers not only at their peak of beauty, but at various stages of their lives.

He sees visual interest in the ruffled form of a perfect fuchsia blossom as well as in the withered petals of a fading tulip, the twisted shape of frost-damaged kale and an open milkweed pod with its seeds floating away on their feathery fibers.