It was only as I was putting everything back in and sorting it all out that I discovered, hidden under a bench 4 pots of three hyacinths each. A year ago I forced these and they gave me a beautiful (and beautifully scented) display for a few weeks over winter. When they were finished I put them in the greenhouse under a bench and promptly forgot about them completely. So it came as a complete surprise to me to find that they were growing again considering that I had not given them a drop of water for a whole year (yes I am very ashamed) and they had been fumigated by sulpher.
I promptly gave them a bit of a drink and brought them inside. Two in one of the pots did succumb but all the others are still growing and one is, dare I say it, really thriving!
I have no doubt that the majority of the bulbs will actually flower as three of the pots are nearly as far along as this pot!
It just goes to show that a plant can thrive when all the odds are stacked against it and I can't help but be slightly proud of them.
A pleasant surprise for you then,
ReplyDeleteA happy surprise then. I usually put them straight into the garden when they finish flowering (after cutting off the flower stalk). They come back year after year but with smaller flowers until they gradually disappear (but that is probably being in the garden, I forget to feed them!
ReplyDeleteBulbs are always so neat because they are a surprise when they pop up. But they are even more of a welcome surprise when they are totally forgotten and against all odds, return in all their splendor. Keep us posted on their growth. "Hyacinths to feed thy soul"!
ReplyDeletePlants can be very tough. I have tried growing Narcissus bulbocodium in my old garden but they always died. I now have beautiful ones that even increase but they are planted in a couple of inches of soil over rock and they get baked all summer. Obviously, that is what they prefer!
ReplyDeleteBulbs are wonderfully resilient.
ReplyDeleteAh this only is the case if you have green fingers. Merely a whiff of my presence is the death nail for most plants!
ReplyDeleteWasn't this a nice surprise. Plants do have an amazing ability to survive against all odds.
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