Jane wrote First, rabbits will not eat the hyacinths. They are varmint-proof plants, like daffodils I agree with Jane. I force hyacinths (in many colours but mainly all shades of blue) every year and then plant the bulbs in the garden the following fall. The rabbits, of which there is an abundance in my country garden, do not bother them at all and there are bulbs everywhere, some twenty years old and older. This is not the case with tulips. I grow very few of these except for the botanical varieties. The flowers on the hyacinths planted in the garden are nothing like the forcing type after a few years in the garden, but there are many more spikes and I actually prefer them this way. I grew the same bulbs for a couple of years in a row, but like Jane said, they were in rather large pots which were deeper than the regular bulb pans. I grew those to put on my front steps in early spring, which for my area is something that comes at the end of March, beginning of April. This year, who knows, maybe in May? After two years I planted them in the garden. I do not fuss over my bulbs, but if you fertilize them regularly etc. when still actively growing and before they go dormant I think growing the same hyacinth bulbs in pots over many years should be doable. After all other bulbs live in pots. Bea zone 5 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com/