'Jan Bos' is a beautiful hyacinth with single, bright-red flowers. The red florets will look amazing when planted with other white or blue color bulbs. Will also provide you with an amazing perfume for your pots. Hyacinths are treasured for their sweet fragrance in the spring. The flowers of the Hyacinths have 10-12 inch spikes of star shaped flowers, commonly one spike per bulb, accompanied by sword like green leaves. Hyacinths have uniformly shaped flowers and distinguished colors. They may be planted anywhere in your landscape, in sun or shade, along borders, in groups along a fence or around a tree or mailbox. Hyacinths look best in mass plantings. All hyacinths are excellent for forcing in pots for early color and fragrance indoors, but are equally valuable as outdoor plants for flowering in late spring.
Size: 15-16 cm · Bulb Type: Bulb Hardiness: Zones 4-8 Very Hardy Bloomtime: April-May · Height: 10-12" Foliage: Green · Flower: Red Exposure: Full Sun-Partial Shade · Spacing: 5" When to Plant Outdoors: Product should be planted immediately after received in the fall. In extremely warm climates, plant when the ground cools. You may plant earlier or later as long as the ground is not too warm or frozen. For indoor gardens or extremely warm climates — Plant bulbs in containers with soil and cool at 40° for 15 weeks. Follow easy to grow tips below. Easy to grow 1. Dig a hole 3-4 inches deep or 2 times the height of the bulb. 2. Set the bulbs firmly in place, with the pointed ends facing upward. 3. Cover the bulbs with soil and water thoroughly. Planting instructions: Grow in sun in informal groupings of 5 or more bulbs. Plant bulbs in fall 3-4 inches deep or 2 times the height of the bulb and 5" apart in well-drained soil with plenty of humus. Remove old flowers leaving as much stem and foliage as possible until they die down.