Hyacinths for forcing, bowl of five

Prepared bulbs in a shallow bowl. Six weeks somewhere cold and dark, then indoors for the scent at Christmas.

Dappled shade to full sun in cooler gardens. Soil that holds moisture but never sits wet. Cut the spire back after flowering and it will often give a second, smaller flush.

Plants travel in shredded paper and straw, in a box we can post through the parcel network. Orders placed before Thursday go out the same week.