I would like to add my two cents: deer will and do eat hyacinths once they begin to open. I think it's the fragrance that attracts them. They then eat the flowers and some of the foliage. I've had deer sample daffodils but only a few flowers. Sometimes I find the spit-out flowers several feet from the daffodils...but not always. Rabbits and squirrels could care less about hyacinths and daffodils. --Jerry Lehmann, Olathe, KS, USA