Your Own Blooming Watering Can (Plant in Spring)
Materials:
Watering can planter with drainage hole, 1 Low-Growing type Dahlia bulb (Migmom or Topmix), shovel, potting soil.
Tissue paper 6 single sheets 8” x18” (20x45 cms), string - 5” (13 cms) length, scotch tape, lollipop stick 8” (20 cms) long.
Materials:
Watering can planter with drainage hole, 1 Low-Growing type Dahlia bulb (Migmom or Topmix), shovel, potting soil.
Tissue paper 6 single sheets 8” x18” (20x45 cms), string - 5” (13 cms) length, scotch tape, lollipop stick 8” (20 cms) long.
How To:
- Fill planter 2/3 full of soil.
- Place dahlia bulb in soil, eyes and old stem facing up.
- Add more soil so that the crown of the bulb is just below or at soil level.
- Water sparingly (make sure drainage hole is open).
- Add tissue paper flowers.
- When ready to grow, place in a sunny location, remove tissue paper flowers and water.
- Continue to water throughout growing season.
Tissue Flower Instructions:
- Layer 6 sheets of tissue paper on top of each other. Cut to the size of 8"x 18" (20x45 cms); this is 1/3 of a standard tissue paper sheet.
- Make a fold at one end of tissue paper 1 1/2" tall.
- Flip paper over and fold again. Continue to "accordion" fold this way for the entire length.
- Tie a string at the center point of folded paper.
- Cut each end to create the leaf shape. 1" (2.5 cms) on each side.
- Open one side of flower and pull up each layer of tissue carefully until both sides are completed.
- Tie the string around the stick and tape stick to flower for extra security.
- Stick flower into pot.
