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Posted By: Anonymous forcing blooms - December 10th, 2003 at 11:22 PM
I got the following information from the referenced website and thought I would share/get your take on it. what do ya'll think?

http://www.almanac.com/holidays/forcingblooms.html
FORCING BLOOMS INDOORS
HERE IS A LIST of some shrubs and trees that can be forced to flower indoors. (The trees tend to be stubborn and their blossoms may not be as rewarding as those of the shrubs.) The numbers indicate the approximate number of weeks they will take to flower.

Buckeye 5 weeks
Cherry 4 weeks
Cornelian dogwood 2 weeks
Crab apple 4 weeks
Deutzia 3 weeks
Flowering almond 3 weeks
Flowering dogwood 5 weeks
Flowering quince 4 weeks
Forsythia 1 week
Honeysuckle 3 weeks
Horse chestnut 5 weeks
Lilac 4 weeks
Magnolia 3 weeks
Pussy willow 2 weeks
Red maple 2 weeks
Redbud 2 weeks
Red-twig dogwood 5 weeks
Spicebush 2 weeks
Spirea 4 weeks
Wisteria 3 weeks
Posted By: floweraddict Re: forcing blooms - December 15th, 2003 at 12:54 AM
I didn't realize u could force some of those bushes and trees to bloom indoors!
Thanks for sharing that info!
It would be awesome to see a cherry or crab apple tree blossom indoors.
U know, someone gave me a couple forsythia bushes last spring and i never set them out.. :-( Those suckers are hardy! They stayed in 5 gallon buckets all summer. Last i saw they were still alive.
Honey suckle would be neat to see growing indoors. Love the scent!
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