Hiacynths

[Kathian]

Can anyone tell me what those glass containers for growing hiacynths are called please? They are like a milk bottle shape with a glass cup on the top where you put the bulb.

[Jules001]

I did a Google for Hyacinth vases and loads of links came up, but they don't seem to have a special name.

[Clanad]

Had a grandmother that used an hourglass shaped device for starting hyacinth, crocus and other early bulbs that she called a "forcing glass"... hope this helps...

[woofgang]

I have always called them "bulb glasses" You can get them small enough for crocusses too. and I've got one designed to sprout acorns. They are not so much used now as they were due to the improvement in hyacinth bulbs that has made the flowerheads larger and heavier. This means that when grown in a bulb glass, they become top heavy and unstable. A better method with modern bulbs is to use pebbles in water in a tank vase.

[Newt]

I've also seen them described as a bulb forcing vase or a bulb vase.

http://www.driftwoodgardens.com/bulbvases.htm