Late fall and early winter days can feel drab after the bright colors of early autumn and the end of harvest abundance. One way I like to counteract is with a burst of spring in the house by forcing bulbs. This year we are using paper whites in two rounds. One for early November, one for Thanksgiving.
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Bulbs planted in river pebbles and water the last week of October. | | | |
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They are fragrant like lilies, almost too sweet if you are sensitive to smells like I am, but they are easy to keep and grow quickly.
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Each flower grows in a cluster of 10-12 white flowers and each bulb has 2 to 4 flower clusters of its own. |
Overall, very satisfying effect for such a quick indoor gardening project in the middle of the drab days between fall and winter, brown and white.
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