Hyacinthus orientalis 'Rosette' has been growing in my Zone 9 garden for 4 years. It returns every year in mid March and from my origina...Read Morel 4 bulbs I now have 13 buds/blooms! Of that 13, 8 are double flowers like the original and one cluster of 5 (probably from one bulb that split) are single flowers. It is unusual to find a double that multiplies so well. I do not dig up my hyacinths and I keep them bone dry during the summer.
Hyacinth o. 'Rosette' was introduced about 1972 and one source lists it as a double sport of Hyacinth o. 'Delight'. I have not found any other information on 'Delight'.
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Rosette' has been growing in my Zone 9 garden for 4 years. It returns every year in mid March and from my origina...Read More
Double variety with various shades of rose and darker rose veins; 1971