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    Forced bulbs for winter

    Sep 22, 2020 2 minutes

    THERE is enough to consider over Christmas without worrying about fresh flowers for the house, which is why it’s such a good idea to start your forced bulbs now.

    Prepared bulbs of hyacinths, ‘Paper White’ narcissi and hippeastrum (tall, exotic, trumpet-flowered amaryllis) can be

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