PRESALE
Fall 2024 Shipping Schedule: 10/9/2024
Narcissus are excellent for growing indoors in containers. Narcissus paperwhites are the most well known of indoor forcing narcissus. These flower bulbs will grow in soil or water with rocks or decorative stones. Expect delightfully fragrant blooms indoors during the dreary winter months.
About this Variety
Included is one very large 19/+cm Paperwhite Ziva bulb and a clear, artisan glass vase specially designed for forcing.
Highlights
- Force indoors
- Grow with or without soil
- Delightful fragrance
- Excellent for cut flowers
- Great for gift giving
Exposure:
Indirect Light
Blooms:
Indoors in Winter; 4-6 weeks after planting
Height:
Grows 16-24" tall
Spacing/Depth:
Spaced evenly in container; 1-2" apart, 1-2" deep with top 'point' of bulb exposed above soil line.
USDA Zones:
Indoor forcing; Grow outdoors as Perennial in zones 8-11.
Growing Instructions
Add water to the container until it reaches just below the bottom of the bulbs. Place container in a warm location where the bulbs will receive indirect light. After the paperwhites have bloomed indoors, add water as needed to maintain the leaves. When all danger of frost has passed and when the ground outdoors is workable, bulbs can be planted outside to naturalize in USDA hardy zones 8-11.
Care Tip
Paperwhite narcissus bulbs can be kept for months and should be planted approximately 6 weeks before desired bloom time. Store bulbs before planting at 65ºF or cooler. Paperwhites grow equally well in soil or without soil in a container with pebbles and water.