Should I worry if my hyacinth is starting up again?

I received a lovely wide, shallow flower pot of purple hyacinth from my DMIL this past spring. Lots of small blooms delighted us, and then I forgot about them as I tended to my veggie garden.

Well, until the first of July, when I decided I needed that pot for something else. :)

Assuming that I had likely killed off the hyacinth due to neglect, I sorted through the pot and found more bulbs than dirt -- at least 50! So I dug up a few areas in a flower garden and dumped the bulbs there in hopes some of them might still be viable next spring. Most were too small to place properly without spending hours doing so, but I figured the law of averages would put *SOME* of the smaller ones in the right position.

And now, eight weeks after transplanting the bulbs and six weeks before the first fall frost, some of them are coming up.

Comments?

Donna (who has obviously never grown hyacinth before... *smile*)

They are Muscari or Grape Hyacinths and they will be fine. no problem

My muscari are just starting their fall growth. I am so excited to see them looking happy and perky. I only put them in last fall, so I wasn't sure what to expect. The blooms were wonderful this spring. I hope most of the bulbs make it.

Hi, Donna.

I live in Northern CA, and my spring flowering bulbs will often start sprouting leaves in September. (About half of my pots are already coming up.) It has to do with the cold nights, and the warmer days. Weird, but it doesn't seem to hamper growth very much at all.

Lori

Thanks, everyone! I'm reassured now that this is 'normal' behavior and that I should see blooms next spring. :)

Donna

Well I've never had any hyacinths, until I got some at Lowes on the death bed. And i have had no response from them at all. I repotted them from the start, they are in a greenhouse, medium sun , medium moisture, temp. of 70 to 80 in the daytime. Still they just sit there.HELP!!!!!!

Hi, rb250.

How long have you had them? Hyacinths are early spring bloomers, but as long as the bulbs are still firm (not mushy) they should bloom in spring. They do want the cold of winter, although they don't want to freeze solid. If you put them outdoors, under a good layer of mulch, they should do just fine.

Lori