Nine days ago I did something I have been meaning to do for weeks. I planted my paperwhites. I have had these paperwhites since Novemeber, and I finally got them in some water. Boy, they must have needed it because I already have flowers!!! I'm so excited.
I have to show off my beautiful flowers, and they smell amazing too. I just love that with about fifteen minutes of my free time I made flowers bloom in my house.
Here is a little photo tutorial of my work.
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Supplies |
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Stones in the bucket (I found out this bucket leaks so had to move them, but you get the idea). |
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Add bulbs |
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Add more stones (you need a lot of stones). |
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Place bulbs in a sunny window. Don't forget to water them. |
Paperwhites are the easiest bulbs to force. Basically, you just put them in water with some rocks and they will bloom. Give them a little sunlight and keep their roots wet and you are guaranteed to have flowers in the middle of winter.
One year I made paperwhites for Christmas presents
(so easy to do and so nice) and even my mother-in-law, who has a black thumb, got flowers. She was impressed.
(That reminds me I need to do that again.)
I also planted a amaryllis which is growing big leaves....
...but where is the flower?
I guess my bulbs will be staggering their blooms. All the better, because then I might have flowers until spring
(wouldn't that be nice). I am also waiting on my tulips, which if you remember, I planted
here. They are in the basement refrigerator until they have been kept cold long enough
(March 9th).
I just love flowers and I think the flower faeries have smiled on me because I really do have flowers all over my house. Here is a small sampling.
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Tulips for my birthday! |
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A small orchid for valentines day. |
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Another shot of the same tulips (with a paperwhite in the foreground) |
I am so grateful to have all these flowers and this sunny home to keep them. I'm a lucky girl to have flowers already!
They are really beautiful and so spring like. Great photos.
ReplyDeletehow pretty, you must have a green thumb. i have a hard time with fake plants. thanks for sharing this at my party.
ReplyDeletei just LOVE tulips. yours are gorgeous!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Our daffodils are coming in right now and I've been taking a photo a day to put together a time-lapse video of them blooming over the course of a few weeks. We'll see how that turns out.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful. I'm your newest follower. I would love it if you linked your project up to my link party.
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