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WATCHING A BULB GROW

Sit a hyacinth bulb on a glass jar or vase. Fill the jar
with water and make sure that the bottom of the
bulb just touches the water. Roots and leaves will
soon appear, followed by the flower. When the flower
withers, plant the bulb in soil. This lets it make more
food reserves so it can flower again next year.
The hyacinth bulb is
packed full of food reserves.

South American giant
Hippeastrums (hippy-as-trums) Huge flowers shaped
grow wild in the mountain like trumpets
forests of South America.
However, you don’t
have to clamber through
a tropical forest to see
these giants—they will
flower quite happily
on your windowsill.

Sliced open,
the bulb shows
many closely
The strong, hollow stem is
packed layers.
about 30 in (75 cm) tall.
It holds the flower up
above the leaves. Each
stem bears between
three and six flowers.
Roots
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