"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Hyacinths are an old-fashioned springtime favorite with brightly-colored spikes of flowers and an intense ...

Hyacinths are perennial bulbs that can come in early spring back year after year in USDA Hardiness Zones 4-8, with a fragrant scent that's a treat after a long winter. But before most other flowers ...

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Whether indoors or in the garden, these fragrant beauties will delight Hyacinth. Photo: Colin Gillen There are not many plants that lend themselves to both indoor and outdoor use. One of the flowers ...

Common hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) are gorgeous flowering bulbs that fill your garden with a heady fragrance during ...

When Christmas passes, it reminds me that the next few weeks are an important time for planting certain spring flowering bulbs. This includes tulips, hyacinths and other bulbs that have been ...

Every fall, I enjoy the ritual of buying and planting hyacinth bulbs to force into bloom in the middle of January. With hardly any effort, I can have hyacinths blooming in late January indoors! I also ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. Procure hyacinth bulbs now for “forcing,” a term that refers to causing a bulb to produce a flower before it normally would. Once you have your bulbs, put ...

Hyacinths are a beautiful flowering spring bulbs that can sometimes be overlooked by the popular daffodil and tulips. Hyacinths can fill beds and borders with colour, a heady sweet scent and gorgeous ...

How could you not love a bean called lablab? Originating in Africa but cultivated in India since Neolithic times, the hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab) has fed humans and livestock for millenniums. It’s ...