Dutch Hyacinth 'Delft Blue' (Hyacinthus orientalis)

Dutch Hyacinth 'Delft Blue'
Hyacinthus orientalis

A great plant for forcing. You can position the pot where it is easy to enjoy the fragrance.

Toxicodendron, this is another plant I love that has to treated as an annual here. The smell is so wonderful and the blooms so striking. There are advantages living where the temperatures are cold for long periods of time. Thanks for posting the great photo ... I can almost smell them! :o)

That is interesting...they need about 3 months of cool soil temps, but I would think you get that much. Do you put them in the refrigerator to chill and then force them?
The smell is wonderful...but I like my clove currants even more. The whole yard smells like them now. And DH is planning to put a garage on top of the thicket!!!
I moved a few pieces to a new location but it will be many years before I have a large mature stand to compare to what I have now. I can save you a piece, but they are VERY slow the first few years. I gave a piece to a friend 2 years ago and she was very disappointed that it still has not bloomed. Eventually they form a thicket, much like Duranta.

I have grape hyacinth which are much smaller and they do very well. I used to do the chilling thing with the Dutch hyacinth, but I guess I'm just becoming lazy in my old age and have given it up. The clove currant likes like a wonderful plant, but I don't have a place that has enough room for it. Thanks for the offer. By the way, I have taken cuttings from the duranta, potted the and have them sealed in plastic baggies. I think there may be one coming up from seed in the mother plant's container. I can't tell yet if it is duranta or a weed. I am crossing my fingers with hopes that the cuttings will root. Your name is on one of them if they do.

Oh, I hope they all root! The cuttings you sent me last year rooted, but then the darn critters ate them. I don't know which varmint did it, but I hope it does not continue to be a problem this year. We have chipmunks, squirrels, mice, and even field rats around here, along with deer.
I will keep my fingers crossed for the duranta (and maybe sweet olive? Did you say you were trying to root that too?). You must pick out some things I have here for me to send in return.
We just got a big rain and unfortunately I did not get my planting done before it drenched everything. Now I will have to wait a week to do any more planting out. Drat.
Susan

Yes, I am trying to root the sweet olive and am using several techniques and several different parts of the branch. I could sure use some rain for my lawn. I might have to break down and water it tomorrow.

Hope you get some rain soon, and thank you for trying to start the sweet olive for me...I find fragrance increasingly important in selecting plants, and it can't be beat! I will keep a wire cage over it if necessary, ha.

You are quite welcome. That ought to keep the critters out!