Wednesday, November 25, 2009

White Wednesday -- Keeping SPIRITS White lol!

Ahhh!
the sweet fragrance of
paperwhites
for the holidays.
Time to get started!

Now you

need a drink!

Well,

not you, exactly ...
your paperwhites
need a drink!

REALLY!

Studies at Cornell University
show
that paperwhite bulbs
forced to bloom

and forced to drink alcohol
are shorter
and less floppy

with no loss of bloom size.


"When bulbs are planted in

early December,

they will flower in 4 to 6 weeks

with seldom a miss."


Plant now in time for

CHRISTMAS
or
NEW YEARS!!

CHEERS!

Hugs and have a wonderful White Wednesday.
SAMMY GIRL

For more White Wednesday posts, visit Kathleen at Faded Charm here (or click on the icon on the right)

Cornell link here

Instructions on how to force paperwhites here

6 comments:

  1. So what's the message here? Drink alcohol so I can be shorter and . . .? LOL - only you would find that research! Have a great Thanksgiving - it will be an adult day here with a 'drop-in' by our dear daughter late in the day. Dropping by to say hi to everyone she hasn't seen for a bit. If conversation is lacking, maybe I should tell her about the paperwhite research!!! ~Adrienne~

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  2. A happy Thanksgiving to you, I love paper whites too. I hope to see you out in about too, the first weekend of December, weather permiting I am hoping to antique junking. Hugs to you. Florence

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  3. I love paper whites! Interesting research. So....we should only feed them water and WE should have a drink? :)
    Happy Thanksgiving
    ~Debra
    The capers of the vintage vixens

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  4. Absolutely love paperwhites. They are one of my favorite holiday flowers...that scent is heaven.xo

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  5. LOL! Sooo.....do the paper whites have a preference of what alcohol they prefer????

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