Even if I do nothing else for the garden,
I have vowed,
(people always vow, confess and admit
in magazine lifestyle articles don't they?)
that I will do bulbs properly this year.
No sooner had these L'Innocence hyacinths
arrived, than they were tucked into
glass forcing vases and put into a dark place.
They might even flower in time for Christmas
which would be a first.
Next up, the Paperwhite narcissi
Just before I read 'I must stop them from flopping' I asked, "But how will she stop them from flopping?" I love paperwhites, but their stems just get so long as they reach for the light. I hope your hyacinth do arrive in time for Christmas. Wouldn't that be a gift in itself?
ReplyDeleteI found this: http://gardening.about.com/od/forcingandprechilling/qt/PaperWhites_Alc.htm
ReplyDeleteand if it doesn't work, well, you know what to do with the leftover alcohol.....
You look well prepared for the coming months.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of glass forcing vases in my sheltered life. Now I must have some. I have been looking up the technique; is it important, I wonder, to chill the bulbs beforehand?
ReplyDeleteYou must buy the hyacinths prepared for forcing. They have been chilled for you.
ReplyDeleteDrunken Paperwhites? You heard it here first!
ReplyDeleteAny alcohol around here will be sipped appreciiatively by me , before I put the Amaryllis in pots in the broom cupboard .
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the Paper-Whites !