A New Color For Me
By fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
Momence, Illinois
April 17, 2016 7:42am CST
When my husband and I were at the Chicago Garden and Flower show last month, they had some flowers for sale. I am a huge fan of hyacinths and I feel like we can never have enough. All of them I have planted have spread slowly and every spring we have more. I believe we now have about 45 hyacinths.
I saw a color at the show I don't have and so had to get a couple of them. So this deep rich pink is a new color for me. I do have pink but not this particular dark pink. My other pink ones are of a lighter color. Enjoy.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
I do too, when I saw it I had to buy it.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
17 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 I know I would have bought it also.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
They are such a hardy flower. Once they bloom it seems they are around for weeks. The smell is wonderful they remind me of lilacs.
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
17 Apr 16
Beautiful shade. 
What kind of colors do you have?
What kind of colors do you have?1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
17 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 Beautiful mixture of pinks you have. Your garden must be lovely no wonder the lady bugs are attracted.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
I have light and dark pink, white, light and dark purple, salmon, and one I call red but some days it looks more purple
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
@infatuatedbby I actually don't think the orange ladybugs go for flowers and such. I have heard they serve no purpose like our native red ones do.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
They smell like lilacs to me, love that smell.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
17 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 I never saw yellow. It would go with your tulip color scheme. I have a pink landscape in the front of the house, and blues in the back. One side is a rock garden mixed with pink, purple, white, and whatever else the deer won't eat.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
@DianneN I have seen yellow but they are quite rare, If it kills me I'm going to find one. We have light and dark pink, light and dark purple, a salmon color, and white
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
I have several colors, now I am on the hunt for yellow ones which apparently are quite rare.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
21 Apr 16
I love hyacinths- a tropical look but a hearty plant- I don't know if we could gtow them quite as abundantly here in Canada though
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
22 Apr 16
You should try, they are pretty hardly plants, and the blooms stay around for weeks. I love that about them.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Apr 16
@MarymargII A few years ago I bought some hyacinth bulbs that claimed they were orange. The pic on the front showed them a deep orange. I had to have them. They turned out a light salmon color. While I still love that color I wanted the deep deep orange ones, I was disappointed.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
23 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 I have seen them in a wonderful salmon colour too- very tropical.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
20 Apr 16
Nature is the best. Thanks glad you like my shot.
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
Oh you should. they come back every year and spread slowly. And the smell of them is heaven.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
18 Apr 16
dang't! times such's these we really need smelly screens, eh? what a gorgeous color 'n i bet they smell jest divine. sadly, the gophers tend to gobble the bulb plants 'round here'p 'n ask fer more.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
I have a bit of a problem with the critters digging up my bulbs too, thankfully they only take a few before they find something else to eat. Oh yes the smell of hyacinths is heaven.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
19 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 lucky gal! here, they call all their kin 'n tell 'em 'tis'n open buffet! 
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
20 Apr 16
@crazyhorseladycx lol all you can eat aye
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Apr 16
I used to plant different varieties of flowers in our front yard and backyard. But two years ago the city doubled the amount they used to charge us for water consumption. And we are not even allowed to use sprinklers to water the grass. I am not planting flowers and vegetables in our yard this year.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
wow no kidding. Thankfully we can use as much water as we like. I am grateful for that.
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
Thanks I love them and the smell is heaven.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Apr 16
wow, those are so pretty dark-pink colored flowers. beautiful
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 it is not a very bright color, but it is soothing to the eye, in my opinion.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
@ridingbet It's a color of hyacinth we didn't have so I'm so happy they are doing well.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
Yes a new color of hyacinth for me, we have lots of them in a multitude of colors. I love them.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Apr 16
It's looking pretty good right now, Thanks.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
18 Apr 16
The picture is beautiful. It is nice to have variety of colors in our gardens. I always like to get all the colors for each type of plant whenever I can.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
I am still on the hunt for a yellow hyacinth, apparently they are pretty rare.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
18 Apr 16
How pretty is that? I like hyacinths too but right now I don't have any in our gardens.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
They are my favorite spring flower, and they come back every spring and spread.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
17 Apr 16
That is such a pretty shade and I have never seen it before either. You know, I can almost smell the scent right through the screen!!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
Oh yes the scent is lovely, love opening my windows and smelling them. Yes I do believe it's a new color for hyacinth I have never seen quite this shade before.
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Apr 16
they are such a hardy flower, once they bloom the blooms stick around for 2 or 3 weeks.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
17 Apr 16
What a gorgeous color! My husband and I used to plant a lot of roses. We also planted what's become a rather large lilac tree. Those are the things I miss at the old house now. But I've taken pictures so I can have them to remember. :) You're going to enjoy those flowers for a very long time to come! :)
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Apr 16
I love hyacinths and they do spread so every year we get a few more. I also have lilac trees, it's good you have pictures to remind you of the things you love
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