Hyacinthus

[Lvandelft]

From the start of December we will se more forced
bulbous plant at shows here.
Today I saw at the weekly flowershow in Lisse some
nice colors in Hyacinths.
I hope you like them too?
Luit van Delft

[Lesley Cox]

Lovely colours Luit, but where's the SCENT?

[Paddy Tobin]

Lesley,

Put your nose closer to the screen. Great scent!

Luit, great colours indeed. I succumb each year and buy a pot or two as well as some bulbs to bring along myself. They are then planted in the garden under deciduous shrubs  where they continue to flower for many years afterwards.

Paddy

[Lvandelft]

Lesley
next time I will try to make a picture with a Fuji-odora.
You never know what happens then??
We will have to ask the B.D. if there exists such a camera.

Paddy, it will take some time before you can buy such bulbs,
they seem to be rather new varieties.

Luit

[Anthony Darby]

Wouldn't make any scents me sniffing the screen as I can't smell anything because I have a cold.

[Lesley Cox]

And my own screen seems to be quite senseless

[Anthony Darby]

Getting a new one wouldn't make scents Lesley.

[Lesley Cox]

Can't afford the sense let alone the dollars. But if someone with a bit more cents those those currently contributing to this topic has a spare one on offer, it would be scentsible for me to accept. And that's enough nonscents from me.

[Paul T]

This topic is just scentsational!! 

That strong yellow is rather impressive.  Have seen creamy yellows, but nothing anywhere near that strong a yellow before.  Favourite Hyacinth of mine is 'Woodstock' with it's rich red-purple colouration.

[Anthony Darby]

I thought Woodstock was yellow? Mind you, my memory isn't worth a bag of peanuts thesedays!

[Joakim B]

Luit
Nice hyacinthus
We use them for Christmas decoration in Sweden and then plant them in the garden. They never get as good as the first year but are nice anyway. I have not seen the ones for Christmas here in Portugal ready with flower but there might be bulbs. I will try since they have such a lovely scent and colour.

Is there not a hyacinth that is called "delft"? and is blue? Is it by "chance" the one You showed Luit? And if so is that Delft any relation of Yours?

Kind regards from sunny Portugal

[Lvandelft]

Joaqim, that is too much honour for me.
The one I showed is a very new cultivar,
called Aqua. (The blue one on the 2nd. pict!)
Delft Blue is a famous Dutch Porcelain.
Hyac. Delft Blue was already won in 1944,
and the name given, because of the nice
porcelain blue colour.
On the 1st pict. is Koh-i-Noor, relatively new and
is one of the earliest cultivars for cutting!

Luit

[Joakim B]

Luit I had the feeling that the delft was a bit darker but I was not sure now I am. Thanks for the information.
I did not think it came from You but from an older relative since I knew it was old. I actually thought it was older than 1944 but now I know the age.
To everyone:
It would be very nice to see some hyacinths here even if they were part of Christmas decoration if that is within what the forum permits. It is nice to see the hyacinths and also the decoration.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Lvandelft]

Here are some more Hyacinths, which I saw yesterday amongst some others
on the weekly flowershowin Lisse.
Hyac. Johanna we saw some years ago for the first time. It seems very good for
early forcing and very useful as cutflower.
The other one is new, without a name.
Hope you like it.
Luit van Delft

[Katherine J]

Johanna is very nice. I like deeper colors more.

By the way, tell me please, what should I do with them when they wither? Now is frost in here, I can't plant them in the garden. What if I put it in a big pot, and place in a cool place (about 10°C) with much light?