I was really struggling to find white hyacinth bulbs in my local area but stumbled across these in the outdoor section of a garden centre. The indoor hyacinth bulbs were all together inside the garden centre and these were outside so I don’t think the are the indoor variety.
I would like to plant them as spring bulbs for next year but I’m a bit confused as to why they are sold already sprouted?
Does anytime known if I can pot them up with my spring bulbs to flower next spring?
Thank you!
by mds0804
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They’re probably intended for indoor forcing,after they flower you can certainly tease them apart and plant out.I’d guess you’d knock them back pretty badly now if you tear them apart at this stage.
You could put them in a bigger pot with more compost but they’ve been forced for early flowering so will bloom before spring
These are already potted up and are meant to be enjoyed indoors. You don’t really need to do anything other than water them.
Once they’ve done flowering it would be a wise move to get them outside in the garden or at least somewhere where the bulbs can get much better nutrition. I put all of my indoor bulbs out in the garden in springtime and they will quite often come back up in again the following year.
One tip: hyacinths are used to winter conditions. When they grow indoors, they tend to get over excited and grow way too tall in the warmth, and then they flop all over the place. To prevent that, you’ll either have to find a system of supporting them, or grow them somewhere that is still indoors but much colder than the average room temperature . I have an unheated conservatory, and also an unheated porch and I grow all of my indoor hyacinths in these areas. The scent is heavenly and they don’t grow too tall and flop.