Take a trip to any botanical garden or plant shop in the winter and you will undoubtedly find paperwhites sprouting from a variety of containers. They’re a hallmark of wintertime decor, and these plants are easy to grow indoors to brighten up a drab space. In order to get paperwhites to bloom indoors during the winter months, you will need to force them. Forcing, by definition, is when a plant is made to flower under artificially created conditions.