How to Grow Beautiful Paperwhite Narcissus for Christmas
We have decided to grow some flowering bulbs to enjoy in the house for winter. In an ideal world we would like them to flower around Christmas. We chose Narcissus ‘Paper-white’, which are meant to be idiot proof – I guess time will tell!
As we are hoping to be able to gift these at Christmas, we started by giving the pots a couple of coats of paint. The plan is to add some embellishment such as ribbon, when we bring them in to the house to flower.
- They can flower in anything from 4-12 weeks.
- They may or may not need a period in a cold dark place.
- You can grow them in or on soil, gravel, sand, marbles or pretty much anything you can dream up (wonder if lego would work?)
- You should sit them on top of the soil, or under it, or somewhere in between!
In conclusion, sometimes you can have too much information! Having thoroughly confused ourselves, this is the method we have come up with…
For another great way to grow Spring bulbs, check out our Planting a Spring Bulb Lasagne Post.
And for more pot decorating inspiration check out our bark covered flowerpots.
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I had some leftover wine once and figuring it was made from grapes it would be good on plants. Wrong! The alcohol killed them. Your 5% alcohol scares me - have you really used it?