Hyacinth Leaves Plucked Away

In my recently constructed bouquet, I felt guilty for tearing away at the enormous green leaves attached to the Hyacinths. Also, Fil thought that this jeopardized the health of the flowers. I just had to do it. Hahaa - in hindsight I am glad I tore those leaves away as observed in the picture below courtesy of saipua.

By the way, I feel like I may be on a streak of learning flowers. This is nearly analogous to my checking out the entire dog section at the library at age 10 - hoping that I would be able to memorize every breed.

Well, to start...a hyacinth is a bulbous flower from the lily family and often comes in the colors red, blue, white, orange, pink, violet, or yellow growing to be 8 to 12 inches long. These were popular in Europe during the 18th century. In my opinion, these flowers are wonderful when they haven't bloomed yet.

On a final note, I need to acquire a few mini old school bottles like the picture above at the Alameda Flea Market two Sundays from today.  Can't wait - I know I can stuff them with lavender from my backyard.