| " When it comes to wintertime blooms, people often prefer filling their homes with a little bit of springtime." " Hyacinths, amaryllis and paperwhite narcissus are the most popular among the bulbs forced into early bloom indoors. They have showy, colorful petals and delicious fragrance." " Some bulbs, such as the hyacinth, have added significance as a symbol of the new year in the Persian culture." " With the right conditions, you can have colorful blooms indoors well into spring, when bulbs typically flower outdoors. " " "Everybody wants bulbs, because it fills up that space that's gone dormant for the winter," says Virginia Davis, a master gardener from North Hills, Calif." " And that's true of any bulb, from the easy-to-grow daffodil and crocus to you-name-it." " "There's a whole boatload of French narcissus," says Dale "Dallas" Brown, a senior salesperson at Green Thumb Nursery in Canoga Park, Calif.
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