15 comments

JernsaxaApril 26, 2024

Hyacinths are lovely ☺️ Too bad with the mice :/ we also have a mouse problem in our kitchen garden, and the cats just aren't helping... So, next step is traps with seeds. I don't know what else to do.

GenderHereticApril 20, 2024

So beautiful and perfect-looking.

RegularFeminist [OP]April 20, 2024

Thank you! I am happy that at least some of the hyacinths weren't completely destroyed.

RegularFeminist [OP]April 20, 2024

Some of our hyacinths were destroyed by mice, but some survived. Also, I put the flair "I grew it", but actually it was my partner who grew it. In our family when it comes to plants- my partner does all the planting and potting, I only do the watering.

WatcherattheGatesApril 20, 2024

I love hyacinths!!

RegularFeminist [OP]April 20, 2024

Me too! I especially love that you can first buy already blooming one in a tiny pot and then after the flower dies put the bulb into the soil

istaraApril 20, 2024

This is absolutely lovely! My favourite shade of blue.

RegularFeminist [OP]April 20, 2024

Thank you! Blue is a nice colour indeed!

Elle_x_ohApril 20, 2024

Perfect colour!

RegularFeminist [OP]April 20, 2024

I agree! But I love all colours:)

voltairineApril 20, 2024

i'm wondering if planting mint as a deterrent could be helpful for next year -- i know rats hate it, mice may be similar. absolutely beautiful colour.

RegularFeminist [OP]April 20, 2024

Yeah, people have recommend that under my previous post - so we definitely gonna try that. Although, I have read comments under someone's post about rabbits and somebody said that mint is very invasive. So I guess, we'll have to do some more research on that.

WatcherattheGatesApril 20, 2024

It is very true mint is invasive--we've struggled for years to keep it under control.

voltairineApril 20, 2024

it can be invasive, you're right. that's something i worry about in my garden as i live somewhere with a huge weed/feral plant problem, but i didn't think about it when i suggested it. i grow spearmint -- when it doesn't get a lot of water and isn't pruned it does die off and seems to contain itself to about a 1 metre area. however i do live in quite arid conditions. otherwise putting it in pots and monitoring it closely could be an idea. :)

RegularFeminist [OP]April 20, 2024

Yeah putting it in pots seems like a good idea!