Comments on: Alan Shipp, Hyacinth Grower https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 01 Apr 2023 08:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Julie Brown https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1505668 Sat, 01 Apr 2023 08:32:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1505668 Friends who know I too love hyacinth and spring bulbs, gifted me 5 of 10 varieties of your hyacinth bulb. They are all in flower now, beautiful purples and violets, blues of Elektron and Blue eyes, huge flower heads of Ben Nevis and Colloseum, yellow of City of Haarlem and L’Ophir a double, colourful Jan Bos and Oranje Boven. I have a garden full of colour and fragrance, thanks to you and my friends Laura and Nige. Julie

]]> By: Catherine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1505150 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 23:20:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1505150 What a lovely tale – a accidental job that became a passion! So interesting, thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Gee Farrow https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1504767 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 23:27:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1504767 Thank goodness for people like Alan – saving long forgotten varieties of these gorgeous flowers is such a worthwhile thing do do with your life

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1504741 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:25:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1504741 Such lovely colours to shoo the dark winter months away.

]]> By: Colin Cohen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1504736 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:52:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1504736 Who knew‽ Utterly fascinating, it’s a shame I find the scent too strong

]]> By: Richard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1504711 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 10:02:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1504711 Fascinating story. I put some in a hedge years ago and they come up every year. Lovely perfume. Thanks.

]]> By: Victoria Cooper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1504710 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:58:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1504710 What a wonderful wonderful saga. I shall never take hyacinths for granted again.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1504705 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:32:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1504705 I would gawp at this hyacinth spectacle too! I adore them and their perfume is unique. Interesting beginnings too; just imagine winning a Pony in a raffle!!! Quite fancy a bacon sarnie for breakfast too now it’s been mentioned. There are so many elements to this story, that I am in awe. I take my hat (if I had one) off to you Alan Shipp. Barnard Castle is just a short drive away from my current home, so think I’ll have to check out the hyacinths there. A quick google tells me they are at Wycliffe Hall Botanic Garden at Barnard Castle. I wasn’t aware that there even WAS a Botanic Garden there!!!

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/20/alan-shipp-hyacinth-grower-i/#comment-1504700 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:13:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195161#comment-1504700 Alan Shipp is the true ambassador of spring! It’s time for his hyacinths to be put to good use. Will probably place them on my balcony as well.

A beautiful story and all the best to the professional gardener!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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