One of my favorite things to do in late winter is to bring a little Spring into the home. Some years I force paperwhites (Narcissus). I also love to start my garden plants indoors. That will be a later posting!
Every year I also like to take advantage of the many spring-flowering shrubs in my garden by bringing some branches in early and forcing them into bloom. I especially have a thing for pussy willows. I grow three varieties as well as curly willow. These shrubs all take so easily to forcing indoors. As a matter of fact I have so many shrubs because willows root so easily in water -I end up planting all my cuttings!
Here's the new cuttings.
A few days later the Fantail pussy willow is opening.
The black pussy willow still has a reddish cast. It will darken in the next day or two.
Thanks for the inspiration...I have just had it with winter.
ReplyDeleteCan I do this the same way with Forsythia? I am going to try.
Oh yes! Forsythia is forced very easily. Hope yours blooms beautifully!
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