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turbo
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It's that time of year again, when winter seems endless, and you'd like to have a little color around the house. Here is a vase of forsythia and willow branches cut from my neighbor's bushes, and they are already flowering after just a couple of days in the water. Fluffy willow catkins, and bright forsythia flowers. As the yellow flowers peak, the forsythia branches will put out fresh leaves.
If you want to do this for your own home or a friend's, now is the perfect time. The forsythia and willow should be peaking right around Valentine's day. You can use pruning shears to cut the branches if you want, but you must re-cut the bases of the twigs cleanly, at an angle, for best water up-take. I recommend using a utility knife. Watch the water level in the vase very closely for the first couple of days, as the cuttings will take up a lot more water than you might expect, and you don't want the ends of the cuttings to dry out. Good luck! (Get right on it, jimmy!)
If you want to do this for your own home or a friend's, now is the perfect time. The forsythia and willow should be peaking right around Valentine's day. You can use pruning shears to cut the branches if you want, but you must re-cut the bases of the twigs cleanly, at an angle, for best water up-take. I recommend using a utility knife. Watch the water level in the vase very closely for the first couple of days, as the cuttings will take up a lot more water than you might expect, and you don't want the ends of the cuttings to dry out. Good luck! (Get right on it, jimmy!)