Early Spring and late winter is the time our Hyacinth flower at Flowers 4 Nelson, and we are happy to include them in our box and ceramic pot flower arrangements at this time of year.
The colours are mostly blues, pinks and white; and they all have a delightful perfume, the whites being the strongest scented.
We grow our bulbs out doors in poly trays and flower them at the normal time; but they can be grown in pots and forced to flower by altering the growing conditions and these are often available in stores early winter.
If you grow them in your garden, plant them in a well drained spot in sun or part shade. The main thing to watch out for is slugs which love to taste the flower buds; sprinkle of slug pellets around the plants should keep them at bay.