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The sweet-scented<br />
HYACINTH<br />
Our indoor plant of the month is the sweetly fragrant pot hyacinth. A cluster<br />
of these lovely flowers fill a room with their delicate, fresh scent. When grown<br />
indoors, pot hyacinths like bright indirect light, not direct sunlight and they<br />
need moist, but not wet, soil. Each pot plant has a number of flower spikes<br />
that open and remain attractive for several weeks if the plant is kept in a cool<br />
but well-lit room. Remove flower spikes that are over. Once the plant has<br />
finished flowering, keep it in a cool room with moist soil and plant it out in<br />
spring, for flowering the following spring. Alternatively, the hyacinth can stay<br />
in its pot. The foliage will die down, but it will come up the following year if it<br />
is watered from next April onwards. Details: plantimex.co.za<br />
Text: KYM ARGO and ALICE COETZEE<br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>2020</strong> Get It <strong>Joburg</strong> <strong>East</strong> 45<br />
GICE0605_044_1484636249.indd 45 <strong>2020</strong>/05/27 11:30:11
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