Windowsill Muscari

I usually buy a half dozen or so pots of spring bulbs in late winter. You know, to brighten up the table while we wait for the snow to melt, and the real things start to pop out of the ground. I like to get the mini-daffs, ‘Tête-à-tête,’ or some grape hyacinth – Muscari sp. – because after the flowers fade, if I keep them watered, adding a bit of fertilizer, the foliage will remain green until I can get them outside, still in their pots. Then, when my planted bulbs are blooming in the garden, I can see where there are gaps, or where an additional splash of colour would be welcome, and I take the bulbs from their pots and plant them, generally deeper than they were grown in the pot, especially for the daffs. They’ll come back year after year. (Tulips and Hyacinths not so much though, I don’t usually bother with them.)