Jan Bos 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 were overall very disappointing (across all suppliers), the flowers not really emerging properly from the leaves. They were mostly in bloom reasonably early and at the same time.

especially compared with a previous year:

Vase	Image	Rating	Notes, Supplier
62		poor	full bloom 28-12-2011 Bloms
63		poor/ok	full bloom 21-12-2012 Bloms
71	1950s vase with green sugar rings, middle back of picture at the top	ok	full bloom 21-12-2011 Bloms
13		poor	full bloom 31-12-2011 Kapiteyn
58		poor	full bloom 19-1-2012 Kapiteyn
18	small clear vase with prongs at the front in top picture	poor	full bloom 22-12-2011 Living Colour
47, 48		poor	full bloom 23-12-2011 Living Colour
86	clear vase directly behind the blue plastic vase in the picture at the top	poor	full bloom 23-12-2011 Living Colour
22		poor	usual stunted Jan Bos full bloom 5-1-2012 Parkers
41		ok	full bloom 28-12-2011 Parkers
51		poor	bit small and thin full bloom 28-12-2011 Parkers
17	clear round vase far right in top picture	poor	full bloom 22-12-2011 Peter Nyssen
23		poor	not good full bloom 29-12-2011 Peter Nyssen
26	clear ribbed vase, back left of the picture at the top	poor	full bloom  21-12-2011 Peter Nyssen
43		poor	stunted full bloom 23-12-2011 Taylors
74		poor	double-stemmed full bloom 21-12-2011 Taylors
75	other blue teardrop vase (other is above), in the middle in the top picture	ok	full bloom, 21-12-2011 Taylors
82		poor	full bloom 4-2-2012
		good	This was my best Jan Bos. It was the one I transferred from a pot to a vase, see the FAQs page. full bloom Peter Nyssen