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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Lancaster
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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 Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 5:35:22 PM
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grape hyacinth..we have those too and a local told me. They are really tiny right?? They will come back every year..always one of the first things to bloom .
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 5:40:57 PM
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Yep, Jenny's right. Grape Hyacinth...I have them all down the side yard...and I saw them naturalized today, all lovely coming up all over the old cemetery I walked in at lunch.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 5:55:31 PM
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OH How Exciting!! They come back every year? They do look tiny in this pic, When I went out back to take a pic of my new Cloths line and turned around I was shocked to see them all against the wall, might be why they looked bigger to me, need to go out tomorrow and stare somemore
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 6:21:31 PM
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Heather, they actually smell a little "fruity" like candy...aside from their perfect little bell shapes, they have such a lovely smell! In fact, you've made me remember that this time last year, I had my first pink tea roses and the grape hyacinth at the same time. Afraid it's a different story this year!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 8:14:00 PM
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they are bulbs, so just plant/transplant just like regular Hyacinth bulbs.
I had them in my Rose bed twixt & tween my Roses & Spanish Heather....(but that was back in Calif.)
They are great little plants and make a great "filler".
Enjoy them.
hugz
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 07:44:30 AM
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| Grape Hyacinths do so well here -- I have a whole walkway lined by them right now -- they come up early and seem to last well into May. They're almost impossible to kill. And Frannie, I also love that apron! |
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 3:01:20 PM
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Grape hyacinth! Aren't they sweet. There used to be some in the garden out front here, but they have disappeared over the years. That color is so intense, what a treat...karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Easton
MD
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 11:52:54 AM
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We own a rental property and DH went over to cut the grass (we are between tenants right now) and he brought me back a handful that he had picked for me. He said they were growing all over the yard at the rental. I love them. Such a beautiful, cheerful welcome to Spring.
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