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Article: shedding light on Bulb pots antiques and collecting antiques and collecting.(Flavor/Gracious Living)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2009
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By Terry Kovel
SPRING means gardens again have bulbs in bloom. Crocuses, daffodils, tulips, narcissuses and other bulbs need weeks of cold weather to start to grow and flower. But even the warm Southern states now have bulbs blooming that were kept in a refrigerator for a time before they were planted. Our 18th century ancestors understood how to force bulbs and grew them in their gardens and in pots in the house. The most popular bulb pot was made with many small openings. It was filled with an inch or so of water, the bulbs were dropped into place and soon each bulb sent leaves and flowers up through its own hole. The result was an attractive arrangement of a ...
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... ... of the sale-priced bulbs at local garden centers, she has plenty of economical material to plant. The fun of Kitty's bulb pots is that they are never the same twice. She beams, "It's always a surprise." Winter varies in length, so some years ...
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