This is the time of year that as a gardener I get restless. Most of the holiday plants are wilted, withered or dead. There are stacks of seed and garden catalogs by the recliner, and yet I long for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forcing bulbs indoors allows you to enjoy colorful flowers during the winter months, brightening up your home. Simulating winter ...

Forcing bulbs such as narcissus means to place a flower bulb in a vase or bowl of water then trick or “force” it to bloom before spring. Courtesy photo The second week of November is a good time to ...

In the 1600s, when hyacinth bulbs were brought from Turkey to Europe, there was speculation that it was a new food. People thought the bulbs resembled a turnip, so they cut them in pieces and boiled ...

Paperwhites (Narcissus papyraceus) are traditional Christmas favorites because they're easy to grow indoors for beautiful winter blooms. These flowers are close relatives of daffodils. The bulbs can ...

Every fall, I enjoy the ritual of buying and planting hyacinth bulbs to force into bloom in the middle of January. With hardly any effort, I can have hyacinths blooming in late January indoors! I also ...

Nothing's cheerier on a nasty, cold, wet winter day than to have blooms indoors. Many bulbs and spring-flowering branches can be forced inside, usually flowering more quickly than they do outside. • ...

Other spring-flowering bulbs require a chilling period before they'll bloom. This includes tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus, Dutch iris and scilla. An extended period of cool temperatures ...

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