Spring (inside that is...)

It may be close to -40 outside, but in the living room we are enjoying spring. In November I tried forcing bulbs some tulip and hyacinth bulbs in the basement. I've learned a lot of important lessons that should make next year's forcing endeavors a little more successful. The most important thing is to order bulbs that are good candidates for indoor forcing (you think duh?, but I didn't consider this as much as I should have). The Princess Irene tulips are fabulous because they are short and don't flop over, but the Apricot Dream tulips are flopping all over. For hyacinth, the woodland varieties don't stand up very well; I wish I would have bought normal or grape hyacinths. It doesn't much matter, because I am enjoying the flowers I have.

Sierra posted this on Feb 28, 2007 from the garden | | permanent link