Trying Paperwhites This Season - November 2022
For the past few Christmas seasons, we've grown Amaryllis flowers from bulbs with (mostly) good results and have learned a little bit about different bulbs and planting situations with those . This year, I'm trying (for the first time) to reuse some of my Amaryllis bulbs from last year . I grew them in containers and had them bloom in the dark of Winter. Then, I put their pots out in the sun all Summer-long. And, finally brought them in to try to force them by putting them in the basement and trimming all the foliage off. They've been in my basement (currently) for ten weeks. I'll get them out in mid-November. Besides, Amaryllis bulbs, another winter-time gardening project that people take on is growing Paperwhites from bulbs. I found an eight-pack of Ziva bulbs and decided to try these at home. Here, below, is the packaging from the bulbs from the orange Big Box store: Interesting that these are 'grown in Israel', no? First, though...what are Paperw