General Plant Information (Edit)
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 to 11"
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: very sweet smeller
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: shades of rich butter pale to butter cream
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Winter
Other: Excellent for forcing. Forces well in water.
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Provides winter interest
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
Will not come true from seed
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.
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

Image
Common names
  • Dutch Hyacinth
  • Hyacinth

Photo Gallery
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands
Date: 2019-04-05
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-22
Forced in water
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-04-01
Location: Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: March 2017
The forced blooms I saw were a very pale lemon color, like lemon
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-12-03
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-12-13
winter forcing
This plant is tagged in:
Image

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 4, 2011 1:01 PM concerning plant:
    Excellent for forcing in water or soil. After forcing can be translocated to garden for blooming in subsequent years.Sweet fragrance.
Plant Events from our members
aspenhill On October 28, 2017 Obtained plant
Mid Atlantic Group Buy - qty 5; X-LYG
» Post your own event for this plant

Discussion Threads about this plant
Thread Title Last Reply Replies
Beautiful! by vic Mar 24, 2012 12:18 AM 1

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Hyacinths Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Hyacinths (Hyacinthus)

« The Hyacinths Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by mcash70 and is called "Hybrid nemesia"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.