Delft Blue hyacinths
some that did not bloom properly
Delft Blue (I am assuming, came in a multi-pack of un-named varieties from Sainsbury's)
unfortunately I did not note the variety of this pink hyacinth (I have a spreadsheet of my forcing details but sometimes I miss noting everything - I try to do better each year!)
an amaryllis I had outside which I brought inside to see if it might spring to life and it has, I see a stem with a fat bud emerging
I cut the spent flowers off this amaryllis and then noticed this new bud emerging
established amaryllis in comparison with the one recently brought inside
hyacinth bulb bowl out of the dark, shows how variable forcing hyacinths are: 2 bulbs have fat buds, 2 bulbs with small shoots, 1 rotten bulb without roots or stem (see next photo)
hyacinth from centre of the bulb bowl above
amaryllis in comparison with the smaller bulbs: hyacinths and crocus
Jan Bos hyacinths
Woodstock hyacinths
I usually use 1 white variety of hyacinth and this year I tried Snow Crystal for the first time (I think it's new). They are wildly variable. 5 of the 10 bulbs have no roots at all, 5 have roots varying from "some" to "reasonable" to "lots and lots" (according to my notes). One is in bloom. One has more well-developed bulblets than I've ever seen on one bulb.
These two photos are all 10 of my Snow Crystal hyacinths.
Tye uranium vases with Snow Crystal hyacinth bulbs
the bulges under the bulb's paper covering which prompted me to remove the papery covering.
when I removed the papery covering I saw 4 bulblets, 2 of which are multi-stemmed