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Fill your home with beautiful fresh flower displays and heavenly scent for Christmas by planting a selection of flowering bulbs indoors. The time to plant up indoor potted bulbs is now, as they start ...

The bulbs should be potted in early to mid-January. It’s not hard to do, and nothing beats a pot of tulips, hyacinths, crocus, daffodils or grape hyacinths blooming indoors. All spring bulbs except ...

For sublime fragrance, showy flowers and a rainbow of vibrant shades to choose from, you really can’t beat hyacinths. Grow bulbs indoors to add a cheerful touch to a room, or plant outside for an ...

Larger flowering bulbs like tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and alliums put on quite a display in your home or in a window box or container. Add some smaller bulbs like crocus, squills and grape ...

Hyacinths are perennial bulbs that can come in early spring back year after year in USDA Hardiness Zones 4-8, with a fragrant scent that's a treat after a long winter. But before most other flowers ...

The scent of fresh flowers in the home is wonderful at any time of year, but it is usually associated with spring and summer.

One of the greatest benefits of indoor gardening is the enjoyment of plants blooming out-of-season. Take spring bulbs. By providing favorable conditions indoors, you can "trick" many bulbs into ...

I always think about writing an article on forcing bulbs in December or January, when we all want to have forced bulbs indoors to enjoy. The problem with that thinking is – the time to start forcing ...