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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 7-11 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Other: Contact with bulbs may cause an allergic skin reaction.
Propagation: Seeds: Start indoors
Other info: can take many years for hyacinths to go from seeds to bloom
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Other: Plant hyacinth bulbs in fall, 6 to 8 weeks before a hard frost is expected and when soils are below 60 degrees F. This is usually during September and October in the North, and October and November in the South. Dig a hole 6 to 8 inches deep. Set the bul
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Dutch Hyacinth
  • Hyacinth

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Location: Lithuania
Date: 2024-04-10
Location: Lithuania
Date: 2024-04-10
Location: Philadelphia 
Date: 04/13/2022
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-03-28
Location: Lithuania
Date: 2024-04-14

Date: 2019-04-16
Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2020-04-10
Carnegie Hyacinth and Gypsy Queen Hyacinth - Both 1st year

photo credit: Krzysztof Ziarnek
Uploaded by Maridell
Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2020-03-29
Carnegie Hyacinth. Absolute perfect form!

photo by: Kor!An
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-01-18
Forcing in water in refrigerator
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-01-18
Forcing in water in refrigerator

Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com
Uploaded by Maridell
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-01-07

Date: 2005-04-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-12
Forced in water
Uploaded by Maridell
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-12
Forced in water

photo by: Aha
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2012-03-22
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2012-03-22
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2012-03-22
with Tulipa 'Bright Parrot'
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2012-03-22
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-10
Forcing in water
Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Sep 4, 2015 5:59 PM concerning plant:
    A favorite among Hyacinth growers, this white beauty dates to 1935.
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