You must have the soil and climate they like a lot, they only last a one season for me in Pittsburgh. What kind of soil are you growing them in and what fertilizer are you using. Vijay On Mar 2, 2012, at 1:41 PM, James Waddick wrote: > Dear Friends, > There has been very little discussion of Hyacinths on this > list. On the one hand nothing special, but still a fairly easy and > reliable hardy bulbs for my climate in Kansas City. Not much news > seems to come around except for the 'new ' 'black' 'Midnight Mystic' > variety. > > I plants six bulbs a few years ago of plain old pink and > blue flowered forms. They are in the coldest part of the garden that > gets very little sun until it is high in the sky in mid-spring. After > 3 or 4 years in the garden, this year they are doing something odd. > Or is it? > > Each bulb is sending up its single big bud, but about half > (so far) have sent up a second nearly full size bud 5 or 6 inches > away and 3 or 4 small (pencil size or less) shoots around the > original main shoots. In prior years each bulbs has made one shoot > and a full head of flowers, only. Now a sudden multiplication and > wide spreading. Is this normal? Dos it take hyacinths 3 or 4 years > to settle in and start to multiply? is it typical for them to spread > 5 or 6 inches around? > > They are still pushing up new growth, but I am anticipating a > much bigger flower show in a few weeks. > > Does this match your experiences? A little > surprised. Jim W. > > > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/