How to hurry up spring by coaxing new buds into extra-early blooms in the Northwest.

Clipping stems and branches of flowering trees and shrubs to bring indoors and coax into an early spring is one of my favorite seasonal rhythms. By late February, most spring-blooming woody plants have received their requisite weeks of chilling and their buds are beginning to swell. With only a little prodding in the way of supplying ample moisture and gentle warmth, these buds can be persuaded to unfurl weeks ahead of their regular bloom schedule.

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GROW in The Seattle Times