Hyacinths

[FarmI]

Anyone got any insight into growing hyacinths in the ground?

I've only ever grown them in pots in the past but this year I want to try
growing them in the ground. It's time to plant them here and we get heavy
frosts but no snow (or maybe one fall in a season if we're very lucky) or
freezing of the ground.

[brooklyn1]

"FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote in message
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> Anyone got any insight into growing hyacinths in the ground?
>
> I've only ever grown them in pots in the past but this year I want to try
> growing them in the ground. It's time to plant them here and we get heavy
> frosts but no snow (or maybe one fall in a season if we're very lucky) or
> freezing of the ground.
>
As long as they're planted where deer, bunnies, and other noshers can't get
to them hyacinths will grow directly in the ground same as daffs, tulips,
and other bulbs.

[Bill R]

FarmI wrote:
> Anyone got any insight into growing hyacinths in the ground?
>
> I've only ever grown them in pots in the past but this year I want to try
> growing them in the ground. It's time to plant them here and we get heavy
> frosts but no snow (or maybe one fall in a season if we're very lucky) or
> freezing of the ground.
>
>

All you need to do is plant them about 6 - 8 inches deep. Its that
simple. Around here where we get very cold temperatures (-10 degrees
fahrenheit) they make it through the winter fine.

Last fall I planted over 100 of them and this spring they were beautiful
and smelled great too.
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[dr-solo@wi.rr.com]

my DH really is a dear. this spring he bought me a pot of hyacinth and the smell was
so strong I had to put it 3 rooms away. overkill in the aroma dept.

On Thu, 07 May 2009 10:37:00 -0400, Bill R > wrote:
>Last fall I planted over 100 of them and this spring they were beautiful
>and smelled great too.