January 2025

26-1-2025

an amaryllis that bloomed last June outside and developed a new flower stem after I brought it inside

amaryllis

amaryllis bulb close-up

amaryllis bud

a huge vase I thought would be suitable for a hyacinth bulb, not sure it was made as a hyacinth vase but works as one, unfortunately the bulb is not good

forced hyacinth vase

close-up of the buds

hyacinth bulb forced

some of the final hyacinths for this year

forced hyacinths vase

the Snow Crystal bulbs on the left have no roots and are not going to bloom this year

forced hyacinths vases

forced hyacinths vase

forced hyacinths vases

some failures from this year's bulbs, the two on the right had horrible slimy roots when I went to wash out the vases after removing the bulbs

forced hyacinths vases

25-1-2025

double-stemmed hyacinth, only the small stem on the right is blooming properly

forced hyacinth vases

forced hyacinth vases

24-1-2025

forced hyacinths hyacinth vases bulb bowls

forced hyacinths in hyacinth vases

forced hyacinths hyacinth vase

hyacinth vases forced hyacinths

23-1-2025

forced hyacinth vase

forced hyacinths vase

22-1-2025

forced hyacinth bulbs in bulb bowl

forced hyacinth buds

21-1-2025

forced hyacinths vases

forced hyacinths hyacinth vase

forced hyacinths hyacinth vase bowls

forced hyacinths vases

20-1-2025

forced hyacinths hyacinth vase

19-1-2025

forced Jan Bos hyacinth

forced hyacinth buds

forced hyacinth buds

miss saigon hyacinths forced bulb bowl

18-1-2025

forced hyacinths hyacinth vases

hyacinth bulb bowl

byzanta ware hyacinth vases

forced hyacinth in hyacinth vase

17-1-2025

forced hyacinths in hyacinth vases

forced hyacinths in hyacinth vases

wedgwood hedgehog crocus

Snow Crystal hyacinth bulblets

snow crystal bulblets

turning the hyacinth upside down, this is the view of the bulblets, for them to grow they need some of the basal plate of the bulb still attached so I carefully removed them

snow crystal bulblets

3 I managed to retain some of the roots on the basal plate but one bulblet just fell off without any roots

snow crystal bulblets removed

I planted the bulblets in pots of compost

snow crystal bulblets planted

16-1-2025  Wedgwood hedgehog with crocus bulbs just blooming

Wedgwood hedgehog with crocus

comparison of Tye-shape hyacinth vases, middle cobalt blue with very thin rim is a GP Tye hyacinth vase

tye-shape hyacinth vases

Snow Crystal hyacinths

forced hyacinths

snow crystal forced hyacinth

snow crystal hyacinth buds

Apricot Passion

forced Apricot Passion hyacinth

Apricot Passion buds

forced apricot passion hyacinth buds

Delft Blue hyacinth

forced Delft Blue hyacinth

 

11-1-2025

Snow Crystal hyacinth buds

snow crystal hyacinth buds

Delft Blue hyacinth

delft blue hyacinths

Purple Sensation hyacinth buds

Purple Sensation hyacinth buds

purple sensation hyacinth buds

Jan Bos hyacinth

Jan Bos hyacinth

these amaryllis flowers were wilted and I was going to move the bulb when on closer examination I saw a bud emerging between leaves

amaryllis

close-up of that bud

amaryllis bud

fat hyacinth buds, mostly Apricot Passion

fat hyacinth buds

10-1-2025 this one seems to be getting better and better, the colour of the buds is exquisite

forced delft blue hyacinth

forced hyacinth buds

the Purple Sensation hyacinths are variable, these two do not look good

forced purple sensation hyacinths

these two Purple Sensation hyacinths look ok aside from that leaf at the front

forced purple sensation

I was going to dispose of this wilting hyacinth when I noticed the fresh florets and on further investigation saw it was an additional flower spike

forced double-stemmed delft blue hyacinth

I cut off the wilted stem and am enjoying the fresh flower stem

forced double-stemmed delft blue hyacinth

this amaryllis was outside (had bloomed in June) but I brought it inside in case it decided to bloom again and it sprouted a new bud

amaryllis in bud

4-1-2025

Delft Blue hyacinths

forced delft blue hyacinths in hyacinth vases

forced delft blue hyacinth

forced delft blue hyacinths in hyacinth vases

Woodstock double-stemmed hyacinth

forced woodstock hyacinth in hyacinth vase

forced woodstock hyacinth in hyacinth vase

Snow Crystal hyacinths

forced snow crystal hyacinth in hyacinth vase

forced snow crystal hyacinth in hyacinth vase

I use these red storage boxes to carry the hyacinth vases to and from the garage, of course, Scarecrow had to get in one, as cats do

Scarecrow

a double-stemmed hyacinth

double-stemmed hyacinth

I cut off the wilting flower stem

delft blue hyacinth

some promising Snow Crystal buds

snow crystal hyacinths

Purple Sensation hyacinths, flowering but brown bits on the leaves and flowers

purple sensation hyacinths

It's time to review the remaining hyacinths. Although some of these weren't that developed I decided they could come out of the dark into the light.

These were still in the dark with no significant stems appearing.

I turned the bulbs over to see what was happening with them. Only 1 had any roots and even those were not significant.

more hyacinths not growing

the bases of those bulbs

although that bulb on the right has some roots, it's rotten in part

more bulbs not growing

the bases of 2 of the bulbs showing they're rotten