Carnegie 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.

Overall this is not an impressive group of hyacinths and neither suppliers' bulbs are noticeably better than the other. I judge Carnegie to be a "poor/ok" performer. The Bloms Carnegie bulbs were "poor/ok" on average and the Parkers were barely "ok". I don't think there's much difference between the two.

Vase Image Rating Notes, Supplier
15 Carnegie hyacinth poor/ok

flower not fully emerged from the leaves

full bloom 11-2-2012

Bloms

16 Carnegie hyacinth poor/ok

flower stem bent

full bloom 19-1-2012

Bloms

24 Carnegie hyacinth poor

flower stem bent, end of January still had no roots but took it out of the cellar anyway

full bloom 11-2-2012

Bloms

65 Carnegie hyacinth poor/ok

flower emerged from the leaves but a bit thin, small sparse flower

full bloom 23-12-2011

Bloms

6 Carnegie hyacinth poor/ok

disappointing, flower bent at the top, double-stemmed

full bloom (main stem) 19-1-2012

Parkers

7 Carnegie hyacinth poor/ok

flower stem bent

full bloom 21-12-2011

Parkers

10 Carnegie hyacinth ok

flower a bit small

full bloom 23-12-2011

Parkers

83 Carnegie hyacinth poor/ok

full bloom 11-2-2012

bent over

  Carnegie hyacinths ok

full bloom 28-12-2011

Parkers