I only had approx a dozen hyacinths to dead head, so did half of them today and the rest still have a few flowers on them. The daffs take 10 minutes or so each day to deadhead - we have over 200 of them in total. The grape hyacinths have been left, although sometime I sprinkle the dead head (seeds?) around the garden - we have 100's of them. It is interesting to read all the replies here - I have gathered that it doesn't really matter whether I do or don't deadhead as long as I leave the leaves to die naturally and then give the bulbs a good feed and water. Sometimes they are repotted in the Autumn, and other years I leave them to it without any intervention. Thanks everyone.
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