tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post6104804734680167623..comments2024-03-28T02:24:12.428-07:00Comments on Oh, True Apothecary! : HyacinthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-12965250492395117492008-02-14T11:36:00.000-08:002008-02-14T11:36:00.000-08:00I was inspired to price the bulbs when I got back ...I was inspired to price the bulbs when I got back from that trip, but had to rethink it when I saw the pricing. I may yet get some hyacinths and try them on the balcony where I'm moving, we'll see :)<BR/><BR/>The world's stinkiest flower, that giant corpse thing, was blooming in one of the greenhouses at Kew. You just stepped into the greenhouse and everything smelled of damp warm decay, rather than it having a very distinctive stench all its own.<BR/><BR/>That was one of the very few hi-lights of a very lackluster trip.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592584406221528110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-87584574933998375552008-02-14T11:26:00.000-08:002008-02-14T11:26:00.000-08:00Wow. I bet that was something else. I thought I wa...Wow. I bet that was something else. I thought I was rocking the hyacinth with my measly 18 plants -- hard to imagine the blue cloud of scent over the Royal Gardens.<BR/>Thanks for sharing that.<BR/><BR/>jJustine Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224192086918363871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-75797338770584000832008-02-14T10:53:00.000-08:002008-02-14T10:53:00.000-08:00Blue hyacinths are downright narcotic. One of the...Blue hyacinths are downright narcotic. One of the best smells ever, is the ornate landscaping packed with blue hyacinth, at the Royal Gardens at Kew, in London. Early April, a warm sunny day, and the air practically hums and pulsates with fragrance.<BR/><BR/>I had the flu on that trip, but I could still smell the hyacinths, clear as a bright blue bell.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592584406221528110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-85761379001518849552008-02-13T09:49:00.000-08:002008-02-13T09:49:00.000-08:00I don't know about the hybridization stuff -- all ...I don't know about the hybridization stuff -- all I know is that pink one doesn't draw me in the way the blues do. <BR/><BR/>In fact, I've been around them for so long now, tripping over the scent when I walk out the front door, bumping into the smell in the studio, that I'm almost sick of all of them!<BR/><BR/>Almost :DJustine Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224192086918363871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-60382137796135878222008-02-13T08:23:00.000-08:002008-02-13T08:23:00.000-08:00Oh, the hyacinths... They just find their way into...Oh, the hyacinths... They just find their way into my shopping basket anyplace I go lately:)<BR/>You're right about the scent of the pink ones being not "quite right".<BR/>I wonder if it has to do with the fact they were hybridized as opposed to the blue or white ones that you can find in the wild. Probably most of the varieties that they sell now are bred to produce large flowering stalks... I may be wrong, though.<BR/>VeronicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com