Readily forced into bloom, hyacinths have long been an indoor favorite. They are also used quite effectively when planted in close groups among perennial shrubs. Hyacinths are excellent container plants. Many gardeners regard sweetly-scented hyacinths as an essential element in spring window boxes, or containers placed near doorways. Mass groupings in low, basin-shaped containers are especially effective.
Many Dutch gardeners like to force successive flowerings of hyacinths indoors in flowerpots.
These are planted, pot and all, in larger outdoor containers. When one wave of flowers begin to fade, the pots are removed and replaced with new ones full of fresh flowers. The modern Dutch Hyacinth is truly a flower of many faces, a flower with a proud past and a vibrant present. Click here for a list of historic hyacinths you can grow today.