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grape hyacinth help

stuart and Codystuart and Cody Posts: 74
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hi guys, i have grape hyacinth in my garden but due to the warm autumn and early winter we had, the bulbs sprung very early and they have pretty much been growing since, the flowers have just started to come through which are good an healthy but the whole area looks untidy because the green leaves or foliage came so early they are long, floppy and stringy.  can i chop these down a little shorter to tidy things up, essentially give them a haircut so to speak or will this kill them? i've posted a pic below 

thanks guys your always a help. 



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  • FireFire Posts: 17,396
    It looks good and wild to me.
  • LynLyn Posts: 22,885
    If you want and like them, you’ll have to leave them, if you don’t, dig some or all out. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    I think only thermo nuclear blast kills them  ;)  
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,157
    They are doing exactly what they are supposed to do and that is how they are supposed to look ... if that's not the look you want then you need to dig them up and replace them with something else. 
     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • stuart and Codystuart and Cody Posts: 74
    thanks guys, they are not really bugging me too much i just thought they grew a bit tidier from looking online, i presumed it was because they came so early before spring. but if they are meant to look like that then all good, thanks for the advice guys..! 
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,063
    Good luck with getting rid of them, I try every year and still have loads of them.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • stuart and Codystuart and Cody Posts: 74
    Yviestevie said:
    Good luck with getting rid of them, I try every year and still have loads of them.

    i managed to get shot of montbretia these should be a doddle if i choose to get shot!! 
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,063
    Much worse than montbretia, got rid of those easily but not the grape hyacinths, been trying for 3 years.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,218
    The leaves always come up a long time before the flowers, and can get very long and "traily".  Maybe the problem is that the flowers are late this year, so the leaves have got unusually long before the flowers have caught up...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,218
    If you encourage squirrels, they'll dig up all your grape hyacinths for you.  The only ones I have in my garden are growing through tarmac!
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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