I don’t know where you are, but here in NC it’s a rainy, dreary day! One of those days where you could stay in bed all day or curl up on the couch and watch a movie (or a book I suppose but I’m not much of a reader). This morning I decided I needed to add some spring to the house so I planted the hyacinth bulbs I picked up the other day at a local nursery. Why wait until Spring for them to bloom?!?
I set the bulbs in a little bit of water so the roots could start to grow (they already had a few leaves sprouting up when I bought them). Then I filled a vase with stones (you could use marbles or rocks as well) and nestled the bulbs in place so they wouldn’t tip over. Next I filled the container with water, just enough so that the bottom of the bulbs were touching the water.
I wish I had gotten 4 of them…in this case an odd number didn’t work out so well for me! Oh well!
And that’s it! Now I’ll watch them grow for about 4-6 weeks, until I can smell their yummy scent! You can do this with just about any spring bulb: tulips, paper whites, daffodils, crocus. If you don’t want to grow them in water you an always plant them in soil. Make sure you put them in water a few days before planting so their roots can grow.
Here are tulips grown in a cylinder vase of water…love it!
I will post pictures once they bloom! Happy planting…indoors!
What do you do after they bloom? Will they continue to regrow? I received one as a gift and they are so beautiful, I just don’t know what to do when they die? Any help would be appreciated, I can’t grow anything and so far this has gone well!
Julie,
Here is a great link I found that should help! Depending on where you live, you could even plant the bulbs outside and they will bloom next Spring!
http://www.ehow.com/facts_6982713_do-hyacinth-bulbs-after-flower_.html
Hope this helps!
Doing this in tall glass ware is such a great idea. I have found that force bulbs do not have sturdy stems and this would fix that problem.
hopping over from Pinterest – love this idea of getting a head start indoors. The tulip one I am definitely going to give it a try next year.
I saw this on Pintrest and couldn’t find it again!! Where is it on there? It had more direction with the marbles I think – I so LOVE this!!!!!
Hi! I just got married and i have no idea at all about planting anything! But i would love to learn. Where can i get the bulbs?