Bulbs: New Hyacinth Bed for Spring 2010, 0 by chrisw99

chrisw99 wrote:
Right End of new hyacinth bed

Today, there are a few changes and here are my random comments as I study this bed. Hope you don't mind my ramblings:

--small light pink just beginning to open in back row i Prince of Love--a double and new to me

---bright blue part open in front of Prince of Love is Isabelle--should be very full double when it is fully open. There are still several additional buds that are colored, but not even partially open.

--violet purple at front right is Violet Smith . Her color lives up to her name. Another new one to me.

---the light blue just to the left of Violet Smith in the front row was supposed to be Kronos which is a dark blue. So this is definitely not Kronos. I need to contact the vendor about this. Looks very much like another hyacinth at the left end (not in this photo) that was sent to me as Odysseus--a soft peach/apricot. Same vendor for both mistakes!!!

--I just noticed that this photo lets me compare the pinks of Apricot Passion (the light pink at the far left edge) to Fondant (the bright pink in the back at the far right edge).

--The apricot group between the deep blue Sapphire and the bright pink Fondant is Firelights. I noticed today that it has quite small flowers with narrow petals--adds to the frilly look. I still can't compare it to Gipsy Queen as she is still just buds (front row )

--Tulip Don Quixote sprouts are looking good (in the gap between the Narcissus Fortissimo blooms. They were shipped to me by mistake, but they didn't want me to send them back so I thought I might as well give them a try.

Chris