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Hyacinth Bulb
Gardenviking
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Bulbs and I have just never done it... you know? No magic... Someone was so nice however to give me a hyacinth bulb for my house in my favourite colour. Now the flower is at it's end and I am wondering can I transplant it in the garden? When? How? Do I cut the flower first off? Do I store it in the greenhouse first? Arrrrrggghhhh... what do I do? Remember, bulbs and I ain't doing it...
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Cut the flower spike off and plant it in the garden in a spot that gets the spring sunshine. Give it a bit of fertiliser and leave it alone this year, it'll die down over the summer so don't forget it's there. Next spring it'll bloom again, not quite as impressive as in it's first year but still a pretty sight
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cool. That actually sounds easy.
It is - enjoy
Plant it a bit deeper than it was in the pot. It doesn't matter if the bottom couple of inches of the leaves get buried.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, it appears to stick above the top of the pot with roots and so on. Couple of inches under the earth... job for the weekend!
I did it,I did it... I cut off the flowerstalk as suggested. Then I found a sheltered place but in the sun. Dug a hole, planted it with leaves a good 2" deeper and then it started to rain. Perfect. I left him in the garden. Hopefully he doesn't mind another heap of snow next month...
Hurrah!!!
It will be fine with the snow (if it happens). Put a marker of some sort next to it, a large stone or a stick or even a label, so that you don't dig it up in the summer when the leaves have died down.
Then next spring, show us a photo of the flower
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I will, I am so excited. And thank you for calming my nerves about the snow. Before I moved to the mountains with the severe climate (very hot short summers, very long cold winters up to -27C and short springs and autumns) I lived 13 years in North Cornwall, where snow was a rarity. I learned gardening there, but lots of knowledge I can throw in the bin as it doesn't apply here.