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Post by Sweetleaf on Nov 2, 2007 13:41:13 GMT 1
thank you The witch and sweetleaf, i mean for indoors  So do I! ;D I forgot to say I start them off in the shed, and they only come in at the point where the flower buds are beginning to show. |
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Post by blacky on Nov 5, 2007 13:23:08 GMT 1
Sweetleaf will our hyacinths flower for christmas do you think. it would be nice wouldn't it. does anyone grow them in the glass bulb vases, i wished i had tried this |
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Post by blacky on Nov 5, 2007 13:23:39 GMT 1
Sweetleaf will our hyacinths flower for christmas do you think. it would be nice wouldn't it. does anyone grow them in the glass bulb vases, i wished i had tried this |
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Post by Sleepy on Nov 5, 2007 13:25:22 GMT 1
Sweetleaf will our hyacinths flower for christmas do you think. it would be nice wouldn't it. does anyone grow them in the glass bulb vases, i wished i had tried this You still can try it, there is time. Do you have a suitable vase? |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Nov 5, 2007 13:27:44 GMT 1
I have had some on the coffee table for Christmas day in the past, it depends on conditions, I have seen some coming up in gardens already...... the weather and temps are the key to the timing, Ill cross my fingers for both of us shall I? I have grown them in vases but they tend to get too tall and look out of balance with the container, I prefer the more natural shallow bowl. |
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Post by blacky on Nov 5, 2007 13:29:48 GMT 1
i thought you could buy them with the special vase, it is a funny shape thing like an egg timer |
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Post by Sleepy on Nov 5, 2007 13:31:55 GMT 1
i thought you could buy them with the special vase, it is a funny shape thing like an egg timer That might be an expensive way. From my experience just about every charity shop has a hyasinth bulb vase on it's shelf somewhere. Then you just need a bulb. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 5, 2007 17:37:04 GMT 1
I've planted 4 wall hanging pots with miniature daffs and blue muscari.
Should look very pretty next spring.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 5, 2007 18:01:06 GMT 1
I've planted 4 wall hanging pots with miniature daffs and blue muscari. Should look very pretty next spring. I'm sure they will look wonderful Mick  Bit like yourself The witch...... |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Nov 6, 2007 19:10:03 GMT 1
Everyone's pots sound great, can I tell you about mine now I have finally got round to planting them and I have found this thread?
There are two hanging baskets, one pot and a selection of wall baskets which I have planted with pansies, cyclamen, dwarf wallflowers, ivies and in one a black grass I have been given. I have also put some mini irises in a couple of them. I think they look good and they are certainly cheery!
Myrtle
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Post by bogmyrtle on Nov 7, 2007 12:05:43 GMT 1
They sound wonderful Myrtle - I didn't realise dwarf wallflowers were available - I must look out for some. The witch, I've found the labels in the skip here at work (they are used to me doing daft things!) and they are Wallflower Prince Purple and Prince Yellow. It says 'approx 10", compact, perfect for containers' - time will tell! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Nov 8, 2007 22:43:14 GMT 1
I popped into our local cheapo but good nursery on the way home from work and bought some more of their bulbs....yellow hyacinths and some more Alliums...so tempting..... : |
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Post by blacky on Nov 20, 2007 14:45:11 GMT 1
yes The witch that is just the thingy vase i mean for Hyacinths. that does look strange with the stone in though, are you sure it will grow  |
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Post by emseypop on Nov 20, 2007 20:26:49 GMT 1
I picked up a ex-M&S mini set of 5 or those vases with crocus blubs from the charity shop last week! Don't know where i'm going to put them though.
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Post by emseypop on Nov 21, 2007 15:19:25 GMT 1
I picked up a ex-M&S mini set of 5 or those vases with crocus blubs from the charity shop last week! Don't know where i'm going to put them though. Mmmm.... I would have thought that crocus bulbs would be too small to fit in the top of those vases Emsey. They're the same shape vase, just smaller, about 10cm high, 3 are clear, 3 a pale purple glass. |
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Post by emseypop on Nov 21, 2007 15:58:56 GMT 1
I'll show you, if I ever find the camrea! Haven't used it for ages, and I remember taking it away from Holly a few times a couple of weeks ago, lord knows where it is now  |
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Post by emseypop on Nov 23, 2007 12:49:22 GMT 1
after looking all over the place OH found the camera amongst the wires under the pooter desk. (I looked there!)  this is one of the better pictures. This is a picture of the bulb set i'm trying.  |
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Post by emseypop on Nov 24, 2007 17:48:20 GMT 1
I've got a long wait, they need to be in dark place for approx 12 weeks, then indoors for about two weeks. I'm sure you'll find something similar in the shops, even the pound shop has a single hyacinth bulb in a vase.
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Post by blacky on Dec 8, 2007 16:39:51 GMT 1
my pots are looking well with the wall flowers and bulbs in, they are nice a green and healthy looking now. i tried to post the other day to tell you all but nothing happened when i clicked post reply, i was just left hanging for ages |
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Post by blacky on Dec 8, 2007 16:40:41 GMT 1
pc seems to like me today |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Apr 22, 2008 9:52:52 GMT 1
The witch, some of the dwarf wallflowers have come into flower so I will take a couple of photographs tonight, they look quite good in the baskets.
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Post by bogmyrtle on Apr 22, 2008 21:14:16 GMT 1
I quickly took a photograph of the yellow dwarf wallflowers in one of the hanging baskets at the front of the house  The red one is out of focus (my eyesight again!) but here it is at the back of the house  Actually neither are particularly good - probably not helped because I was trying to move the basket, stand on tip-toe and take the photographs at the same time! |
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