Hyacinths are available in shades of pink, pink, blue, yellow, coral, or white. The wild ones are a vibrant reddish purple, and far smaller than the trendy cultivars. In case you are rising yours in a pot or within the backyard, feed the leaves with a sluggish launch fertiliser as quickly because the crops have completed blooming, and don’t overwater, or the bulbs could rot. Ours undoubtedly are by no means overwatered – they’re in spot that does not get watered in any respect, besides by the rain. They’ve by no means been fed both, however have survived and (largely) bloomed anyway. Nor have they been munched by possums, wallabies or wombats, which in our backyard is a triumph.