How to make an indoor hyacinth garden….

I love seeing all of the bulbs pushing up through the warming soil this time of year as I look out the window or go on a walk. But what I love a lot more is having those beautiful bulbs flowering indoors so I can watch them bloom and grow and take in that heady fragrance wafting through the house.

It’s very easy to create a garden like this, Mother Nature really does most of the work.

Once it’s made you get to sit back and take in the masses of frilly little star shaped flowers bursting out of their green buds on fresh green stalks and enjoy that delightful scent.

Fallen twigs and branches, tufts of lichen and moss create a more complex, natural looking garden.

Here’s how to do it:

Buy plastic pots of the plants of your choice at your local market, grocery or nursery. I selected 6 white hyacinths and 2 white primrose, but choose whatever you’re drawn to.

When selecting your plants, consider the size of your container. This silver footed soup tureen is one of my all time favorites for indoor gardens {this Fleur de Lis silver bowl, mercury glass etched bowl, or silver glass urn vase on amazon are similar}. It elevates the garden and gives me an expanse of space for planting. I used floral plastic to fill in the base of the tureen then topped it with a layer of Spanish moss to create a relatively level planting surface.

I watered the plants well about an hour before I was going to use them to make sure the soil was moist and minimize the need for watering once they’re planted. Bulbs are pretty self~sufficient, they don’t need much watering.

Lift the soil and plants out of the plastic pots and start placing them in your container. After you pull the plant out of the plastic container, give the soil a gentle squeeze {over the container} to break up the soil a bit. If the roots are really compacted use your fingers to spread them out as you place them in the vessel.

I’m placing the low~growing primroses on the outer edges of the tureen for an added level of visual interest next to the taller hyacinths.

When you’ve placed the plants as you like them cover the soil with a bed of moss. Living in the PNW I literally have plenty of moss in my own backyard! I use a small rake~like tool {I guess it’s technically called a “cultivator” <- <- <- I’m going to order that one from Amazon}.

The moss creates a lush, natural appearance and helps to keep the soil moist. You can tear strips of moss to fit around the stems. If you don’t have a moss ridden lawn {lucky you} you can buy mosses on line {premium forest moss, Spanish moss }. If using a dried moss, soak it in fresh, cold water for 30 minutes or so before placing it over your garden. Wholesale florist sometimes have large bags of fresh forest moss as well.

We had a big wind storm a few weeks ago, so beautiful tufts of mosses and lichen adorned twigs and branches are all around. They add harmonious color and texture to the garden. You can also order some by clicking on Live Moss Pixie cup lichen or moss and lichen.

As those gorgeous blooms open up their stems get weighted down with fluffs of flowers. Natural twigs are a pretty way to support them and add height to the arrangement.

I hope you have a chance to try something like this in your abode, please share if you do.

If you see the plants get a little droopy lightly drizzle them with fresh water.

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