Signs of Spring: Post #3
By Kareng
@kareng (68039)
United States
February 11, 2025 2:30pm CST
I have been enjoying searching for signs of Spring here. I am happy to show you another one that I discovered.
Last year I picked up a couple of plants/flowers from the clearance rack at Walmart. Some of them are shown in the photo above resurfacing through the soil. These are hyacinths and I had gotten a couple of different colors of them. So far, it looks like two of these are pink! I was thinking that I had a purple in the bunch, so crossing fingers on that one!
I have never grown hyacinths before, but will try to get these in the ground this Spring/Summer. I think I found a winner there on the clearance rack. They were marked down to $2 a pot if I remember correctly. I am so happy they survived the harsh winter here!
Do you have any hyacinths in your garden? And tips for me?
Photo Credit: My Own
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@wolfgirl569 (111641)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Feb
They need cold weather like tulips. Enjoy
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@kareng (68039)
• United States
15 Feb
@wolfgirl569 Well they got plenty of that with the teens and 20's a couple of weeks ago. I will have to cram stuff in the little greenhouse next week.
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@wolfgirl569 (111641)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Feb
@kareng The bulb needs so much cold before it will grow.
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@allknowing (140786)
• India
12 Feb
I only know of water hyacinths and they grow well in our garden
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@kareng (68039)
• United States
12 Feb
@allknowing Got cha!! That's a pretty color!
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@allknowing (140786)
• India
12 Feb
@kareng Min too. The photo does not show the real size.
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@RebeccasFarm (92038)
• Arvada, Colorado
12 Feb
No garden here but its snow and boiling temp of 4 degrees F.
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@kareng (68039)
• United States
12 Feb
@RebeccasFarm I just need to plant seed in pots right now and put in the portable greenhouse that I have. Hub will do the plowing when it dries up for the garden, Then I will plant the seed there that need to go direct into the ground vs. being transplanted.
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@RebeccasFarm (92038)
• Arvada, Colorado
12 Feb
@kareng Yes rain gets in the way of the gardening
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@RasmaSandra (82496)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Feb
I have always liked how hyacinths look but never tried to grow them, Perhaps this can help you,
https://www.thespruce.com/growing-and-caring-for-hyacinth-plants-1402248
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@MarieCoyle (40846)
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12 Feb
They are one of my favorite flowers. I have planted so, so many over the years...and guess what? Squirrels LOVE to dig them up and eat the bulbs! Makes me so mad...they will even cut the bulb from the stem and leave the flower and stem in the dirt, and run off with the bulb. They do that with the daffodils, but not as much. It's like they wait for me to plant them. Ugh.
@lilacskies (3747)
• United States
11 Feb
No tips from me since I don't have a green thumb. Do you grow fruits and vegetables as well?
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