Comments on: January is Paperwhites!

By: Repot Grocery Store Bulbs: Liven up your Kitchen!

Repot Grocery Store Bulbs: Liven up your Kitchen! — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:03:05 +0000

[...] when you don’t have the time to start your own bulbs, cheat and hit the grocery [...]

By: Pretty Winter Blooms: Paperwhites, Amaryllis & More «

Pretty Winter Blooms: Paperwhites, Amaryllis & More « — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:16:36 +0000

[...] over at The Reluctant Entertainer has a great step-by-step about how to get paperwhites started and the same concept would apply to other winter bulbs. Be sure to locate your bulbs in a well-lit, [...]

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:28:55 +0000

lovely, I’ve been craving some simple white fresh flowers in the house this week. I think the planning ahead part is what would get me on the whole paperwhite deal. maybe one year i’ll do it. I really like how they look and how you’ve used them. kelly

By: Katie @ Haute Apple Pie

Katie @ Haute Apple Pie — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:17:15 +0000

I love paperwhites! A little bit of spring on these dreary winter days. I received some as a Christmas gift from my inlaws this year potted in a beautiful Spode Blue Italian cachepot and they’re almost ready to bloom. Love at first sight.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:19:39 +0000

I love Paperwhites! They really do seem perfect for January, don’t they?

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:19:59 +0000

I love to do this too! I love the fragrance and brings more sunshine into the month of January.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:54:05 +0000

Love paperwhites! Their fragrance is mild and lovely. I do both paperwhites and amarylis starting from bulbs. They almost grow themselves!
Great photos!

By: Darla

Darla — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:23:04 +0000

They weren’t planted this year but we have paperwhites blooming in our YARD right now. The come back every year. I like flowers but am particularly fond of the ones that grow from bulbs. Can’t wait for the Iris to show up.

Darla

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:35:43 +0000

Hi Sandy~
I love this idea!! And I am probably one of the few that like the Paperwhite scent, lol And I hope that you don’t mind but I just had to share this with my twitter peeps I look forward to reading your blog everyday, thanks a bunch!!

By: julia

julia — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:06:24 +0000

sooo beautiful Sandy! I love the clear glass stones you put in the container, may have to try my hand at this.
xo
j

By: Holly L

Holly L — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:22:17 +0000

They look beautiful. I have never planted bulbs myself. Although I do not know h=why, it really isn’t that hard. I have bulbs in my garden…I inherited them…and I am ashamed to admit I do nothing to them…but they still grow. That is part of the reason I do not touch them…I seem to have a brown thumb these days.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:03:18 +0000

I got paperwhites last xmas as a present and i loved loved them! Will have to do it again this month, thanks for the inspiration and the how to!

By: Myrna

Myrna — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:05:41 +0000

One year the kids and I planted many Paperwhites to give as Christmas gifts. They bloomed earlier than we planned—so we just made our deliveries a week before Christmas. They were beautiful, but I was glad to get them out of the house—too much fragrance for us!! We all had stuffy noses and headaches

By: pk @ Room Remix

pk @ Room Remix — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:50:56 +0000

They’re SO pretty, Sandy! I do agree that they make a great winter pick-me-up. Thanks for the detailed instructions.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:41:15 +0000

So beautiful! I sooo do NOT have a green thumb. I would screw up on the watering part before I got to the other stuff.
I did however plant tulip bulbs in my flower beds in October so I will have some colorful tulips come April.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:44:23 +0000

I planted some of these last year – trying to force them to grow at that time for a school project – we didn’t have any success – I have a black thumb, I’m afraid! Yours look like they’re doing great!

By: Christi {Jealous Hands}

Christi {Jealous Hands} — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:27:40 +0000

Love this idea, and I’ve been wanting to do it – but can’t find any bulbs {of any kind} to buy around here!

By: Lori H

Lori H — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:54:06 +0000

I love the look of paperwhites, but don’t like the scent (it makes me sneeze!). So I found a really good fake pot of paperwhites and I put them out after all the Christmas is put away. They look real!
My good friend who lives far away sends me an amaryllis bulb, potted and ready to go, each Christmas so that is in my sunroom now, starting to grow!

By: Astrid

Astrid — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:19:21 +0000

I’m so sad that I missed my opportunity to buy bulbs. By the time I went for them they were all gone. My thing with the paperwhites is that I think they’re pretty darn stinky. I love flowers in the middle of winter though.. darn.

By: Suzann from The Olive Cottage

Suzann from The Olive Cottage — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:12:29 +0000

I love these! I’m making a note of this – I’m going to plan on this for next year. (this year just won’t work)