For 20+ years I grew these in a pot in our living room in New Jersey. We had a shallow clay pot, 36" in diameter, that was FILLED with flowers when they bloomed. You could smell them everywhere in the house. Interesting to see them in the ground.

Beautiful! If there is one thing I miss from SC, it's spring bulbs. I hope they bloom again for you next year, SMC. They aren't known for being repeat bloomers in 9a, but who knows? You might have a magic touch!

Sweet monkey, if you planted them inground, they will come back yearly.

I tried paperwhites in Ft Lauderdale once. They immediately shot up to about 2-1/2 feet tall with long wispy stems that had to be propped up, and instead of that lovely fragrance you get in a cold climate they smelled like every cat in town had been hanging around in their planter. Sigh.

Yours are beautiful.

bossyvossy, do you guys have a summer rainy season in S. TX? Just wondering, because bulbs usually rot in the ground here in the summer during ours. I'd love to grow paperwhites, so if you do have a rainy season, and they come back, maybe I'll try.

Ya know... I think they are stinky too! but I don't really like the smell of anything but food and even then just bacon, sweets and burgers! The ones I was smelling have a jasmine bush on the other side of the fence (not in bloom though) and I was thinking which one of these plants is smelly!!! But I also get cats in that flower bed!

Even if they stink I still really like how easy they are!

I have read they can rebloom in south florida, but I think I am a tad too north, but I'll keep the leaves on them even after the blooms fade just in case. Figure they will either regrow or become slow compost for the beds, I am fine with either.

I have read they can rebloom in south florida

Interesting. I was always told they can rebloom but have to be dug up and chilled again each year or you'll just get leaves. Up where you are I'm sure that's not an issue--you get enough chill without that.

Oriental lilies, like Stargazer, are another one that I love the scent of in a cold room but can't abide in warm weather.

SMC, they either don't rebloom or they rot in the summer rains. What I'd do is dig them up as soon as they die completely down and put them into a paper bag in the vegetable crisper. I used to do that with gladiolus in 9b, and it always worked.

Oops, sorry, SMC, I thought I was replying to DG in Gainesville. In Tampa you probably will need to chill them.

I did not chill them, just popped them in the ground and less than 2 months later they started blooming! And these were just Walmarts bulbs so nothing fancy! And you know how warm this winter has been!

I dont know if I will dig them back up, I dont think I could keep them well (cool dry spot - not in my little 60's house) until next fall. But now that I have all these new bulbs I could use the space