Maybe I should dig up the bulb this year and plant it elsewhere to see if it will multiply. I'd like to have it on our property. We have white hyacinths growing in a few places, but no pink ones like this.
Yesterday, the French Ministère de l'Intérieur (the equivalent of the Justice Dept. and the Dept. of Homeland Security in the U.S.) modified the travel permit that all French residents need to fill out and sign to declare on their honor the purpose of any trips outside their legal residences. Now we are required to put the date and time we leave our house on the form each time we go out, and our place of birth as well as our name, address, and birth date. I haven't been out except to walk the dog in 12 days at this point.
Also yesterday, the news channels were saying that we in France will in all likelihood remain under a stay-at-home order (confinement généralisé) until about April 28. Walt is going to go out to the pharmacy tomorrow, and then he'll drive up to SuperU to pick up a hundred euros worth of groceries that we have ordered and paid for on line. He won't need to go inside the store itself. Supermarket employees will load the groceries into the trunk of the car — if all goes to plan. I'll be interested to hear about his trip when he gets back home.
This hyacinth is quite pretty. I think it should not be difficult to propagate it from offset bulbs. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/hyacinth/how-to-propagate-hyacinth.htm...I will be interested in hearing how Walt's trip goes.
ReplyDeleteI will try that. I'll leave the main bulb in the place where it's been growing so happily for so long.
DeleteConfinés en région parisienne nous n'avons plus de conduite ni de livraisons de chez Carrefour, notre seul magasin à proximité! merci pour vos photos de fleurs, ça fait du bien, nous n'en voyons pas beaucoup ces temps-ci 😋
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Very unusual times we are living in.
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DeleteExcellent photo. Lumix? Sony?
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DeleteI was thinking, too, that since the hyacinth is so happy where it is, it would be a shame to move it. Removing and replanting the baby bulbs sounds like a great idea.
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DeleteI love the scent of hyacinths, such pretty flowers.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be good if on April 28th everything started to get back to normal..is that what your government is thinking? Or is it just a staging post to the next period of confinement.
I am angry with people over here who are disregarding the rules. Staying home now would make such a difference but too many are not, which will only prolong the problem and of course result in more people becoming ill.
Only time will tell when it comes to the confinement period, Jean.
DeleteHoping there will be pink hyacinths in your yard in 2021 and a vaccine for covid 19 asap.We are picking up groceries at Walmart today and will clean them when we bring them in the house. Here are photos of this strange moment in time. https://views.fr/2020/03/24/le-new-york-times-devoile-une-magnifique-serie-photo-sur-le-monde-confine/?fbclid=IwAR31BtgIIXZWShP1_fPbrYKBlYoUaxs4ZySajSqySU40c2I9O2Ri8dczVAw
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DeleteWe were so pleased to get yard work done yesterday -- fortunate to be outside, and to be able to pick up mulch. Our hyacinths are coming up, but every year, they seem to bloom a litle less fully. I don't do anything to ameliorate the soil, so I suppose that affects the bloom.
ReplyDeletePeople are talking about cleaning off the containers of items you bring home from the store. I did it yesterday... feels like extra work, but I realize that I keep picking up the cottage cheese and yogurt containers, so maybe they should be sanitzed. They won't be permitting us to bring our own bags for a while, too.
You can't take your own bags to the supermarket? Are they afraid of employees having to touch them?
DeleteSame rules here--no customer bags. They're afraid of cross-contamination. The stores put up plastic shields between the customers and checkers too.
ReplyDeleteHope you're well, Chris, and Tony too. So I guess the supermarkets are actually giving out plastic bags?
DeleteOr paper bags. We'll probably have a choice 'til they run out.
DeleteWe're doing OK, still healthy. I don't miss most of my usual activities, but I do miss being able to shop for groceries! Jan or a neighbor does that for us now.
We are still able to go through the self-check with our own bags. I did a research on the internet yesterday and came up negative about cleaning our groceries except fruits and vegies once we return home.
ReplyDeleteHyacinth brings a needed smile to my day, Ken! I'm impressed you have been isolated for 12 days. And now a new edict about the confinement. Something to write home about...how are your family members doing in U.S.?
Mary in Oregon
I've stayed in for 13 days now because I tend to catch everything that goes around, and I don't want this Covid thing. As for my family members in N.C., no news is good news. There are 5 diagnosed cases in the county where they live (pop. 70,000).
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