No, this is not a flowershop....

this is just somebody's window in a street in Amsterdam.

Views like these are what inspire me!

Just see what a magnificent display you can make, two tall red glasses, filled with pebbles, 2 or 3 Amaryllis bulbs on top of them and red dogwood twigs surrounding the bulbs and giving support to the tall flower stems.
Amaryllis can grow just on water, so they do not really need soil; as long as you make sure that the water level is just reaching the rootpart of the bulb.
What a wonderful way to get through the dark days of winter!

Dutch Inspirations

This is a snapshot we took in Haarlem on our last trip to Holland in November, pots full of sprouted bulbs, ready to bloom indoors. Forced flower bulbs are a 'big' item in Holland and they find many decorative and trendy ways to present them.
This year ceramic pots in silver, dark glossy charcoal gray and black seemed to be a trend and they looked terrific with green mosses and bulbs in them.
The large ones show Amaryllis bulbs in beds of mossy pillows, the front ones are planted with multiflora hyacinths that will add a lovely fragrance to the house once the flowers start to open. Easy to make this yourself! You can find ready to grow Amaryllis and hyacinths in several colors on our website: www.tonsoftulips.com