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'Aleksandr Pushkin' is an interesting one, well known and easily avalable in Russia.
The small flowered Hippeastrum cultivars are wonderful .... they would make good cut flowers too.... are they used for this purpose? We only very occasionally see the large Hippeastrum in the Florists' shops in Aberdeen.
As you can see in the vase left of the picture all the flowers open at once.
Nor do I like the modern, formal hyacinths but one of my Australian friends grows a number in the open garden and doesn't lift them. The following year their lovely colours and scent remain, but the flowers are displayed looser and a little smaller, making very pretty, informal clumps. Like this, they are well worth growing and I plan to try some this year (well, next).
Lesley,Jim means multi-flowering hyacinths like the French Roman Hyacinthus which were available in “our old” days.I think you will remember those. These new hybrids resemble the old-fashioned type. These bulbs of 'Festival' hyacinths are very reliable and give 10 to 20 stems.I'll make a picture when I see them.Just the names Jim mentioned, are the other way around: White Festival, etc.