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Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses, and other spring-flowering bulbs can be forced indoors, allowing you to see spring blooms even in the colder months. Although forcing bulbs may seem ...
Hyacinths need a chilling period of at least 40°F for a period of 12 to 14 weeks in order to bloom next spring; this is why they do not do well in warm regions.
A beautiful spring garden starts in the off-season. ... the work for getting these beauties to bloom actually begins during fall and winter. Many bulbs can still be planted in the garden in the ...
Vernalization (from Latin vernus 'of the spring') is the induction of a plant's flowering process by exposure to the prolonged cold of winter, or by an artificial equivalent. After vernalization, plants have acquired the ability to flower, but they may require additional seasonal cues or weeks of growth before they will actually do so.
Muscari botryoides is a bulbous perennial plant of the genus Muscari and one of a number of species and genera known as grape hyacinth. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. The flowers are close together, and are almost totally round. The lower fertile flowers point downwards, while upper ones, usually paler and sterile, point upwards.
Hyacinthus orientalis, the common hyacinth, garden hyacinth or Dutch hyacinth, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to southwestern Asia, southern and central Turkey, northwestern Syria, Lebanon and northern Palestine. It was introduced to Europe in the 16th century.
Grape Hyacinth. These petite flowers are lovely planted along the edges of walkways and in rock gardens. Grape hyacinths have a sweet scent, too, and they readily naturalize and spread.
M. armeniacum blooms in mid-Spring (April or May in the Northern Hemisphere) for 3–4 weeks. Some selections are fragrant. Established bulbs leaf in the autumn. M. armeniacum is widespread in the woods and meadows of the Eastern Mediterranean, from Greece and Turkey to the Caucasus, [3] including Armenia which gives it its name.