26-1-2025
an amaryllis that bloomed last June outside and developed a new flower stem after I brought it inside

amaryllis bulb close-up

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

close-up of the buds

some of the final hyacinths for this year

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



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

25-1-2025
double-stemmed hyacinth, only the small stem on the right is blooming properly


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Snow Crystal hyacinth 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

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

I planted the bulblets in pots of compost

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

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

Snow Crystal hyacinths



Apricot Passion

Apricot Passion buds

Delft Blue hyacinth

11-1-2025
Snow Crystal hyacinth buds

Delft Blue hyacinth

Purple Sensation hyacinth buds


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

close-up of that bud

fat hyacinth buds, mostly Apricot Passion

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


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

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

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

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

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

4-1-2025
Delft Blue hyacinths



Woodstock double-stemmed hyacinth


Snow Crystal hyacinths


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

a double-stemmed hyacinth

I cut off the wilting flower stem

some promising Snow Crystal buds

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

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
