Delft Blue Hyacinths 2011/2012

I tried to take a photo of each hyacinth at its peak although I didn't always catch them at the right time. I made some notes at the time I observed the flowers in bloom. I have given each a rating of "poor", "poor/ok", "ok" or "good" making it easier to make comparisons and calculate an average. At first I just had "poor", "ok" and "good" but I was judging some as "poor" that had in fact bloomed so I thought I had to give them a slightly better rating if they bloomed even if I thought the resulting  flower was poor.

I've noted the date the flower was in full bloom. Unless otherwise noted, they were started the 11th to 16th of September.

These Delft Blue bulbs are quite variable. Rather than calculate an average I'm going to list the results for each bulb. There isn't much in it but Peter Nyssen, Living Colour and Capital Gardens look slightly better:

Bloms poor, ok, poor, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok

Capital Gardens ok, good, good

Kapiteyn ok, ok, poor

Living Colour ok, good, ok, ok, ok, good

Parkers ok, poor, good, good

Peter Nyssen good, ok, good, ok

Vase Image Rating Notes, Supplier
19 Delft Blue hyacinth poor

pathetic, small

full bloom 8-1-2012

Bloms
30 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

full bloom 21-1-2012

Bloms
35 Delft Blue hyacinths poor

I think 35 is the blue vase on the left, small and pathetic, not a shadow of a decent fat head of Delft Blue; stem got longer but flower remained small

full bloom 5-1-2012

Bloms
37 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

short but nice fat buds

full bloom 28-12-2011

Bloms
42 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

also see pic on the next row, ok, eventually shot up, was quite short but well-formed

full bloom 5-1-2011

Bloms
67 Delft Blue hyacinths ok

ok, small

full bloom 5-1-2012

Bloms
73 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

full bloom 12-1-2012

Bloms
81 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

double-stemmed

full bloom 21-1-2012

Bloms
78 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

first decent bloom

full bloom 23-12-2011

Capital Gardens
80 Delft Blue hyacinth good

full bloom 21-1-2012

Capital Gardens
45 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

nice fat buds

full bloom 26-12-2011

Kapiteyn
46 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

another secondary stem at the bottom, not a bublet

19-1-2012

Kapiteyn
59 Delft Blue hyacinth

good (2nd)

 

poor (1st)

original bulb rotted so replaced it in December and I still got a nice bloom by mid- February

full bloom 14-2-2012

Kapiteyn (original bulb) replaced by Capital Gardens
29 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

small flower

full bloom 21-1-2012

Living Colour
33 Delft blue hyacinth good

long-lasting and decent height (originally short but nice fat buds - shot up later)

full bloom 28-12-2012

Living Colour
38 Delft Blue hyacinth poor

small and sparse

full bloom 23-12-2012

Living Colour
79 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

full bloom 14-1-2012

Living Colour
4 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

ok, nice but a bit small

full bloom 4-1-2012

Parkers
53 Delft Blue hyacinth poor

absolutely pathetic, small flower that never got any bigger

full bloom 21-1-2012

Parkers
61 Delft Blue hyacinth good

double-stemmed

10-2-2012

Parkers
11 Delft Blue hyacinth good

full bloom 5-1-2012

Peter Nyssen
12 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

full bloom 25-1-2012

Peter Nyssen
69 Delft Blue hyacinth good

full bloom 14-1-2012

Peter Nyssen
1 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

double-stemmed

full bloom 19-1-2012

Taylors
5 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

looked good but small

full bloom 5-1-2012

Taylors
60 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

full bloom 19-1-2012

Taylors
Delft pot Delft Blue hyacinths good

full bloom 10-1-2012

Parkers
greenish basket Delft Blue hyacinths ok

good scent, nice fat heads but bit short

full bloom 4-1-2012

Peter Nyssen
SylvaC pot   ok

I took a number of photos of this pot, none came out that well unfortunately.

Living Colour

small Delft pot

 Delft Blue hyacinth ok

bit small but ok

full bloom 12-1-2012

Living Colour
Yuan pot Delft Blue hyacinth good

pretty good, esp considering a squirrel chewed on it when it was outside temporarily

full bloom 5-1-2012

Living Colour

These are all the Delft Blue hyacinths on January 6th, arranged by supplier. I was hoping to do a comparison but they weren't all in bloom at the same time and some are still in the cellar at this point.

all Delft Blue hyacinths beginning of January

From left, first 7 vases Bloms, next 3 (2 vases and 1 pot) Living Colour, next 3 (2 vases and 1 pot) Parkers, next 4 (3 squat bulbous vases and large pot) Peter Nyssen, last 3 vases on the right Taylors.

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