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Hyacinths

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:04 pm
by QuakerBear
I was given some bulbs over Christmas and I've grown them up in a bowl at work. They have a strong scent and I've used them as a natural air-freshener to mask unpleasent smells from the men I work with (they've worked really well at this and don't have the nasty chemicals that commercial air-fresheners have, which I hate).

Now the flowers have gone over. I'd like to plant them in a corner of my allotment but don't know how I should do this. Do I wait for the leaves to die down? Do I dry them out first like onions? Help I've never done flowers before and they're really beautiful I don't want to loose them!

Thanks

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:38 pm
by red
I've just bunged them in once the flowering was over. seemed to work

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:27 am
by marshlander
Suggest you heel them in until the foliage has died down then around August replant the bulbs at a better depth.