Plants – Fragrance in Winter

On By TimelessladyIn Plants

Brightly hued-flowers surround me at any venue I visit this time of year. I love them but also enjoy the simplicity of Paperwhite blooms. The fragrance is authentic Spring at the beginning of Winter. The flowers are small, the size of a half-dollar, but they have a strong and resilient scent. Mine have been blooming for several days and they still are very fragrant.

The Paperwhites are my entry into Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.

It is gratifying that all the work involved in forcing the bulb was done for me. I purchased the plant already growing, near bloom, and anchored in a sturdy bulb vase. My responsibility has been nothing more than enjoying the beautiful scent.

In another room, I have a Hyacinth bulb beginning to grow. I have done some tweaking to bring this flower into bloom. In early September I bought the bulbs. There are five in all, and I placed them in their package in my refrigerator produce drawer. When I put the bulb in a vase with the water level just touching the bottom, the roots quickly began to grow. I’ll update the blog when the plant blooms.

Whatsoever is lovely in my life this week is flowers blooming in November, filling my home with sweet fragrance.

Writers have written many an eloquent word and quote about the beauty of fragrant flowers, and although the quote below doesn’t specifically mention fragrance, I like the image it suggests. How fragrant life would be if we looked at the whole world as a garden.

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” — Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

20 thoughts on “Plants – Fragrance in Winter”

  7. You know I wrote a long comment yesterday on this post then my computer did a glitch and I pressed something I shouldn’t and your page totally vanished along with my comment… LOL 🙂

    I said the flower reminded me of the Flower Narcissus and I went onto saying I love the fragrance of Hyacinths and I have three bulbs sat in a pot just beginning to burst through in blue….

    Love to bring a little Spring indoors too in Winter…. we had our first sprinkle of snow upon awakening this morning and temps have not got much above freezing all day.. and the snow is still on the ground despite the Sun being out today..

    Love the Sunshine you add here within your posts…
    Sending lots of love… I have been absent, from WP as I have been busy creating…
    Love and Hugs xx. ❤ xx

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    1. Oh, I chuckled, because it is so me to have something I start vanish. I’ve also had trouble at times commenting in my reader because suddenly it refuses to accept some of my keystrokes. lol. Anyway, I certainly can relate. Thanks for the lovely comment. I’m so glad it didn’t vanish.

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      1. Lol… seems we are getting the same gremlins… I was in my reader trying to comment on a blog just now.. And it wouldn’t take the letter N in lower case… No matter how I tried… So I ended up typing comment up in my onenote pad and pasting comment… Frustrating.. I thought it was my keyboard.. LOL.. 🙂 xxx And your most welcome.. I enjoyed your post xx ❤

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