Hyacinths Spring 2009

Caramba!

Thank you; your "Miss Saigon"s do look wonderful, too. Considering the obviously growing number of cultivars, I do not exclude the existence of several hybrids with exactly the same color. I adore this kind of purple/violet! However, I think that the segments of the individual flowers of your specimens are broader, and thus the flowers appear more compact, suggesting another cultivar, actually. I am still wondering whether those 2 scapes out of every potted bulb I saw here is due to a special pretreatment of them bulbs, but I presume, that his property is inherent in this cultivar, and I regard this as a still modern trend in breeding Hyacinths.

Your Miss Saigon are very pretty. I want to try those next year, too!

I usually dont even both with the names if I like the bloom and its a good price for the package in they go hahahahah

bother...
Yes I concour with your opinion! I was very happy with my unexpected booties those three intense-purplish Hyacinths, and, guess, I played the bee and I self pollinated every individual flower of the 6 scapes. (I gently inserted the tip of a small paintbrush into the flower and turned it a little bit ).
Generally spoken: Propagating plants by seeds offers the possibility to select those specimens (in swollen words: Clones) which will be the most adapted to exactly your environmental conditions in your location. And, an individual plant might turn out to fit exactly your personal taste, although it might be considered inferior according to commercial criterions.

Some belated Hyacinths (mix of unamed) out of bulbs from the local Supermarket which I forced very late (actually, believe-or-not, I planted them into CoCo not before March).