IT’S ALMOST time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation (although they ...

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Q: I have a lot of grape hyacinths naturalizing in my front lawn. I was careful not to mow them, but it's been a few mowings now, and my front lawn looks stupid with a dozen tall clumps of grass with ...

Q: The foliage of grape hyacinths looks nice for a while when it comes up in the fall, but right around now - when it starts to look straggly and unattractive and catches leaves - I get an itchy ...

It’s almost time to plant up grape hyacinths, the pint-sized bulbs which offer a mass of blue or white flowers come spring. Often seen as the regular hyacinth’s pint-sized poor relation (although they ...

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