Save Hyacinth bulbs?

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I planted up some outdoor pots with hyacinth bulbs. I’ve had a lovely display and now they are going over.

What should I do now? Leave them in situ for next year? Plant out in a border? Chuck them in the compost?

I stick the ones that have been in the house into borders. They do come back and are lovely to see but don’t quite have the perfection of the first year so wouldn’t keep them in my pots.

@Galliano

I stick the ones that have been in the house into borders. They do come back and are lovely to see but don’t quite have the perfection of the first year so wouldn’t keep them in my pots.

Me too! Mine are a bit hit and miss- I'm on the heaviest of clay so not what they want, but most co me back, just in a more free-form shape! My granny lived in bulb country, in Lincs, and she could just pop them in her soil with her hand (no trowel!) and they always came back perfect.

Thanks! I’ll try moving them into the borders and see what happens next year.

I feed mine with tomatoe food after flowering to help the bulbs, then finally dig them up and store them in brown paper and box to plant out in the autumn. But I do have time to do that. They bloom nicely the next spring.