Some spring-flowering bulbs are so easy to grow in pots that it shouldn't be called forcing. "Let's invite some hyacinths to perfume the dining room," is a more truthful telling of things.
I've tried "forcing" lots of bulbs, and the best ones for me are hyacinths, muscari (grape hyacinth, which come in blue or white), and special, fine-smelling Inbal paperwhites (the NON-cloying fragrance of this variety makes them worth the trouble of mail order). I buy hyacinth and muscari bulbs as soon as they hit store shelves in September, and put them in paper bags in the fridge. Now that they've chilled for a couple of months, I can pot them up, a few at a time, when I'm in the mood.
By starting with no-chill paperwhites and low-chill muscari - and keeping the planted hyacinths cold for a few more weeks - I'll have a steady parade of fragrant indoor blossoms through the second half of winter.
