Michel Caine reveals bizarre secret to growing perfect daffodils

Michael Caine developed his emotion for gardening arsenic a child. (Image: Getty)

Sir Michael Caine has revealed an unexpected gardening trick that convinced him to springiness up connected Hollywood - and it involves daffodil bulbs and a fridge.

The legendary actor, present 91, has agelong had a passionateness for gardening, having spent years tending to the grounds of his homes successful Oxfordshire and Surrey.

But backmost successful 2023 helium told The Guardian that erstwhile helium lived successful Los Angeles, helium was fixed immoderate astonishing proposal astir increasing his favourite flowers.

“I was told that if I wanted to turn daffodils, I’d request to enactment the bulbs successful the fridge for a fortnight,” Caine said. “That was it - last straw!”

The concealed was putting bulbs successful the fridge for a fortnight. (Image: Getty)

The revelation was 1 of respective factors that led him to merchantability his location successful California and instrumentality to Britain.

Having grown up successful the UK, wherever daffodils bloom people successful spring, helium was stunned to larn that increasing them successful the warmer clime of Los Angeles required an artificial winter.

The thought of refrigerating bulbs to instrumentality them into flowering seemed absurd to him. Despite his frustration, helium admitted that helium followed the proposal - and it worked.

Caine, who reportedly present lives successful London’s Chelsea Harbour, developed his emotion for gardening arsenic a kid aft being evacuated to the countryside during World War II.

Caine said helium has nary regrets astir leaving Hollywood behind. (Image: Getty)

He recalled spending clip successful agrarian Norfolk, wherever helium discovered a passionateness for plants.

Now settled successful the UK, Caine antecedently said helium has nary regrets astir leaving Hollywood behind, preferring the comforts of location implicit the glitz of Los Angeles.

When asked whether helium worries astir the aboriginal backmost successful 2023, Caine brushed it disconnected successful emblematic fashion.

“I’m 90,” helium said. “I don’t interest astir the future. I interest if I’m gonna marque it to lunch.”