What should I do with my hyacinth after it finishes blooming?

Question

I received a hyacinth this week, and I don't know what to do with the thing after it blooms. I know its a bulb plant, but the instructions for care that it came with didn't do me much good. How should I take care of it after the blooming preiod is over?

Answer 1

Depends on what you want from it in the future. Do you want it to be a houseplant? Do you want to grow it in your yard?
I recently found a hyacinth blooming in the woods, in a full shade area, and what a pleasant surprise! The lady who owned this house and land before us must have put it there....

The websites I found on care and growth of hyacinth were full of "so many chill hours" and "treat as annuals" and other confusing and difficult guides.

The basic thing to remember about a Hyacinth is that it is a bulb, and as such, wants to be planted 6-9" deep, they should be "deadheaded" (cut off the blossom once it's finished) and they really need to keep their leaves till they are completely yellowed and shrivelled because that is how they gain their strength for next year's bloom.

Feed 'em in the fall, and then again in the spring when the new growth appears; and after a few years you can dig up the bulb and divide it, as it will have reproduced.

Happy Gardening!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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What should I do with my hyacinth after it finishes blooming?
I received a hyacinth this week, and I don't know what to do with the thing after it blooms. I know its a bulb plant, but the instructions for care that it came with didn't do me much good. How should I take care of it after the blooming preiod is over?

Answer 4

We talking hyacinth as in indoor plant? You can take it outside and plant it. Leave the leaves alone, they are needed to recharge the bulb. When they turn yellow, they can be removed. Plant the bulb so the bottom is down about 5-6 inches, this will put the top up around 4 inches deep when it plumps back up.

If the hyacinth is in water, the transition to soil is pretty tough. You can try, but success is less assured.

Answer 5

The easiest thing to do is to throw it on the compost pile. You've enjoyed it so what more do you want.

If you are compelled to preserve the plant it can be planted into the garden after any chance of frost. Plant it at the same level as the soil in the container in an area that gets full sun to partial shade. Fertilize it with a fertilizer that contains Phosphorous. For Example a 10-10-10 or a 10-20-10. The middle number on the fertilizer bag represents phosphorous.

Do not remove the leaves, but rather let them remain until they die back on their own. During this time the plant is building up reserves and forming the flower that will appear next year. Once the leaves turn brown remove them.

From my experience hyacinths will come back year after year, but the flowers are never as good as the first year. They typically look wimpy, and if you plant one bulb to your garden it looks lonely.

For this reason, I prefer to pitch the bulb. And if I want hyacinths for the garden I buy new ones and plant them in greater numbers to provide a better show and flower display. Even in the garden I recommend replacing them every year if you want the best flower display. But if you are the nurturing type and if the plant has emotional value - plant it to the garden.

Answer 6

When all leaves are dried and brown and flower is dried, cut off completely. The hyacinth will go dormant till it blooms next Spring.

Answer 7

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Let the leaves did naturally before cutting them off. Take the bulbs out of the pot, let them dry out and then plant them in your garden in the fall. If this was a forced bulb, you won't have as big a bloom as you have had, but it will bloom and every year get bigger and prettier.. You won't have to dig it up after it's been planted in the garden but always let the leaves did naturally ( they are the source of nourishment for the bulb). Enjoy it for years to come...

Answer 8

Plant it in the garden. It'll gradually get less and less hefty and will eventually revert to type (hyacinths are very sophisticated bluebells) but it ought to give pleasure for a few more years, though not in the house again.

Answer 9

once the leafy part turns brown, cut it down. do not cut right after flower is bloomed out as bulb needs nourishment from green part, so wait until it turns brown, yes know looks awful but will be rewarded if wait.