Hyacinth help please!

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Hi!
I’ll start by saying I’m clueless:
about gardening and am trying to learn.

I was gifted a hyacinth and told when the flowers die off I can plant it outside.
we don’t have borders so would need to be a pot.

The flowers have gone but the leaves are huge - do I just take the bulbs as they are and put them outside? Or do I trim the leaves?

thanks so much!

Don't take the leaves off, with bulbs they need to die down by themselves to store energy/nutrients in the bulb for next year. I'd keep it in the small pot while that happens. Once they've died down cut them off and transplant it carefully trying not to disturb the roots (they will be long and lots of them).

Thank you!! Inside or shall I put them outside?

They'd probably be fine if they were just stuck outside as is. But if you want to be cautious for the first week just put them outside, in a sunny spot, during the day then bring them in overnight, to acclimatise them. If the pot they're in has no drainage holes keep them out of the rain and only water them when the mix they're in is dry and only a little. If they get saturated they may rot. Underwatering is preferable to overwatering. When the foliage has died down they can be transplanted.

Get a bigger pot, with drainage. Fill it with potting mix, compost, whatever. Make a hole big enough to hold the original pot. Tip it out (use the original pot for something else). Put the contents in the hole. Fill in any gaps. Press down on the potting mix to firm it it. Water gently but thoroughly. Put somewhere sunny. Keep weeded. Perhaps put in some pretty flowers from the garden centre or supermarket to maintain interest. Wait and see if they'll reflower.

What a lovely gift.

Thank you so much!