hyacinth

Thanks guys!! i think it's too late for fert now? probably need to better around late fall?

No need for that. This bulb needs a winter chill, so it may not return next winter.

I agree. Zone 10 is not going to have the cooling period. Even in colder climates, most of the hyacinths don't flower as well after the first year of blooming.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/hyacinth/keep-hyacinths-blooming.htm

it came back this winter.. go figure.. i know nothing about your zone ..

but as to when a bulb stores food ... basically ... it comes up on stored energy ... then flowers.. then the leaves remain.. into summer .... storing energy in the bulb ...

in my MI garden ... you plant bulbs in fall ... and the dry bulbs grow new roots and flower in may or so ...

i would NEVER fert a plant.. going INTO its dormancy period .. as hyper fert at that moment in time.. can disturb dormancy ...

just a general story ... perhaps of little or no significance to z 10 ... but what the heck.. figured i might teach you something ... [and dont quote me.. its not all that technical..lol]

ken

This guy has been coming back for the past 2 years i think, but it's getting smaller, may be time is running out!!

That's typical of many hyacinths and tulips in most US climates, they don't last. Daffodils on the other hand, are forever usually.

Hyacinths smell heavenly! Enjoy the fragrance while it lasts. I talked to my daffodils and hyacinth and told them snow was coming so stay down awhile!