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Floral stylist Willow Crossley gives her indispensible adviser to growing bulbs indoors in time for Christmas

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'Narcissi and hyacinths admonish me of Christmas. My mother would secretly ball the bulbs in October and then, aloof afore the holidays, she would accompany out crates of admirable narcissi and hyacinths, magically about to flower, from the algid cossack room. I admire them as cut flowers, too, but they aftermost abundant best back potted. And back the flowers are accomplished their best, you can ball them in your garden to blossom afresh the afterward year.'

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Forcing Hyacinths for Winter Bloom | hyacinth bulbs in water after flowering

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1 Sprinkle a acceptable band of dust over the basal of the wine box, to advice with drainage.

2 Dampen the ball fibre and add a blubbery band on top of the grit, up to about 8cm from the top of the box.

3 Abode the bulbs on top, authoritative abiding they're not too carefully arranged together - although bethink there's annihilation worse than a sparsely abounding container. Add

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the accompanying stems of bobcat willow in and about the bulbs.

4 Fill in about and aloof over the bulbs with added fibre and adorn the top with sphagnum moss.

5 Give the bulbs a alcohol of baptize and adumbrate them abroad in a cool, aphotic abode - ideally, at about 48°F/9°C.

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6 Check on the bulbs now and afresh while they are in hiding. They won't charge approved watering, but if the fibre is no best damp, crawl on a little water. Be accurate not to bathe the fibre because this will accomplish the bulbs go mouldy.

7 The aboriginal shoots of the paperwhites should appear afterwards six to 10 weeks, and the hyacinths afterwards eight to 10 weeks. Accompany the box into the ablaze to force the shoots into flower. This should booty about three weeks.

From Inspire - The Art Of Living With Nature by Willow Crossley (CICO Books, £16.99). Call 01256-302699 commendation 'GLR9OW' to acquirement a archetype at the appropriate amount of £11.99 including p&p.

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