crocus and more hyacinths out of the dark

1-12-2024

I always have a cat supervising. This time Scarecrow.

hyacinth vases

next 20 vases out of the dark

hyacinth vases

amaryllis growing tall with multiple buds

amaryllis in vases

24-11-2024 Next 5 vases out of the dark, note how yellow they are in contrast to the 2nd photo of the vases that have been out a week and have greened up; all so far are Scarlet Pearl and Jan Bos hyacinth varieties. Jan Bos is an early one I know but I have not grown Scarlet Pearl before but so far, it's early.

hyacinth vases with hyacinth bulbs

hyacinth vases with hyacinth bulbs Christmas forcing

I brought the crocus out of the dark (19-11-2024), both vases and the Wedgwood hedgehog. The stems are quite fat so I assume buds are out of the bulb. I've had hit and miss results with crocus. I'll just have to see how they do. I'll top up the water in the vases. I find crocus bulbs need to touch the water unlike hyacinth bulbs which must not touch the water.

wedgwood hedgehog crocus bulbs vases

I put some muscari in those small jars with pebbles a few weeks ago. I put them outside this week, not realising we'd have such cold freezing weather. One broke.

muscari bulbs forcing