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 ...

Spring-flowering bulbs are relatively easy to force. Two bulbs, paperwhites and amaryllis, do not need much special treatment to do it. Most of the other spring-flowering bulbs need a cold treatment ...

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 ...

Are you looking for an inexpensive and interesting holiday gift related to gardening? Consider forced bulbs. Among the choices are amaryllis, paperwhites and hyacinth. Area nurseries have large ...

Q: My daughter teaches first grade and tried to force tulips and daffodils in glass beads and water last winter. It was a failure. She would like to do it again this year, but she does not want to use ...

FORCING BULBS INTO an early bloom is easy. That said, no one really gets to compel Mother Nature. “Forcing” is simply a matter of tricking the plant into and then coaxing it out of an artificially ...