Monday, January 28, 2008

Working on Journal Page and Blooms in the Abode




3 comments:

Charlie said...

Ah, the smell of hyacinths! You are a few weeks ahead of us! Thanks you, wonderful Victorians, for winter indoor bulb forcing!

franswazz said...

Charlie, tell me about the victorians...I do not know.
Yes, the sweet intoxicating perfume of hyacinths,,,I never have enough.

Charlie said...

I have been trying to find a link to send you, but cannot find a good one.
It was the Victorians who made forcing bulbs an art form. I've spent my life reading all sorts of books so my brain is a treasure trove of bits of information, maybe mostly useless. But the books about the English I read when I was young, ahh, it made me love flowers, botany actually, that and I really wanted a knight in shining armor on a magnificent steed to rescue me. So while I am still waiting for my greenhouse and huge flower garden, I do force bulbs and that knight did rescue me 25 years ago.....

Here is a little info on forcing hyacinths. I can see yours do the same as mine, blossom too early and here is why we can do little about that:
http://www.oldhousegardens.com/bulb.asp?Cat=HY&page=3

Sadly, the smell we love is also as parsimonious as the stem because of the same reason.