Hyacinth bulbs are easy to grow in a garden and also one of the easiest flowers to force into bloom indoors in winter.

Grape hyacinths work really well in containers and patio pots to provide bursts of colour, but they can also be planted in flower beds. 3. Don't worry about watering them daily, just ensure the ...

It's almost time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth's pint-sized poor relation (although ...

IT’S ALMOST time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation ...

It’s almost time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation ...

It’s almost time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation (although they ...

It’s almost time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation (although they ...

Glory of the snow (Chionodoxa) is a lovely 4- to 6-inch plant with tiny, upward-facing, star-shaped blue flowers with white centers. Grape hyacinths (Muscari) are among the tallest of the minor bulbs.

Every winter, Page Dickey coaxes unusual grape hyacinths like White Magic to bloom early. These are not the basic blue Muscari, but “ones you wouldn’t see for sale in the supermarket,” she said.