Hyacinthus Delft Blue

Few flowers offer the particular pleasure of a hyacinth in full bloom. Delft Blue opens its rich gentian blue spikes in April and fills the surrounding air with a fragrance so generous it transforms even a small garden into something genuinely intoxicating. Grouped in a pot or massed at the front of a border, it creates the kind of spring moment that stops people mid-step. The fragrance alone is worth planting for — everything else is a very beautiful bonus. Grown in the Netherlands with the care that fine bulbs require, these are hyacinths planted with the certainty that the garden — and the house — will smell extraordinary come April.