The Main Plant entry for Hyacinths (Hyacinthus)

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
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
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Underground structures:	Bulb
Uses:	Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
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.
Containers:	Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

Common names

Hyacinth

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Location: Belarus
Date: 2020-04-12
My garden

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-04-14

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Location: Santa Fe
Date: 2016-04-16
hyacinth

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Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-02-16

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Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2018-04-06

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Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-02-10

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Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-02-19
forced hyacinth blooming in February

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2024-03-30

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Location: BBS in Summerfield, Florida
Date: 2024-04-01

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-03-26
A supermarket purchase filling the house with fragrance

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Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2022-12-09

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-04-09
Leaning because sat upon by rabbits!

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Location: Tampa, Florida
Date: 2023-02-11
Hyacinth at BBS! So fragrant.

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-04-26

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Hyacinths in a Moscow park. Photo by:Kor!An

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Location: Tampa, Florida
Date: 2023-02-11
Hyacinths at BBS.

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Location: Tampa, Florida
Date: 2023-02-11
Hyacinths at BBS! So fragrant.

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-03-26

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Hyacinth & Tulip cultivation, Photo by: John O'Neill

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Location: Japan
Hyacinths forced photo by: KENPEI

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-03-10
Hyacinthus 001

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Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-03-02
forced hyacinths blooming in March

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-16

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-03-17
Hyacinthus 020

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Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2023-01-12

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Location: Hood, Alabama
Date: 2022-12-15
Don't Know The Colors Will Be A Surprise

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-04-24

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-02-23
Not as full as the ones in the store. But the fragrance is still

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Location: Abandoned Home, West Fulton, NY
Date: 2017-04-14

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Picture of a bed of hyacinths taken at Leeds Castle in Kent, Unit

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-04-01

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Location: Sydney Australia
Date: 2019-08-08
Hyacinths (Hyacinthus)

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Location: Sydney Australia
Date: 2019-09-20
Spanish Blue Bells

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2014-03-14

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Date: 2011-03-24
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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-22

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-18

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-19

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Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-03-16

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Sprouted Hyacinth bulb. Photo by:4028mdk09

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-04-17

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-02-23
Close up photo of blooms

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-04-01

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-01

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Comments:

Posted by bxncbx (NYC - Zone 7a) on Mar 28, 2017 9:42 AM concerning plant:

I have never bothered worrying about Spring bulbs surviving cold temperatures. However, this year I had an extended cold snap along with a snow/ice storm in mid-March. Some of my hyacinths had already started to get color in the buds when the storm hit. I'm sorry to say that the cold and snow damaged the buds to the point where those bulbs won't bloom this year. The hyacinths that had flower stalks but the buds were not so far along are fine and should bloom as normal.

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Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 14, 2012 9:34 AM concerning plant:

Keep hyacinths watered during dry spells in the fall. After plants are finished flowering in spring, cut back flower stalks but allow the leaves to die back naturally. You can hide the unsightly foliage with other plantings. An annual application of compost should provide adequate nutrients. Flower size may decline in subsequent years, so some gardeners treat hyacinths as annuals and plant fresh bulbs each fall.

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Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Oct 25, 2013 2:38 PM concerning plant:

Last fall I planted an Oriental Hyacinth mix that I bought from Colorblends. Came up really pretty this spring. I will wait and see whether they come up next spring, and if they do, how well they flower. Might just have to replant next fall.

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Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 20, 2013 7:43 PM concerning plant:

"Hyacinthus is a small genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Plants are commonly called hyacinths. The genus is native to the eastern Mediterranean (from south Turkey to northern Israel), north-east Iran, and Turkmenistan.

Several types of brodiaea, squill, and other plants that were formerly classified in the lily family and have flower clusters borne along the stalk also have common names with hyacinth in them. Hyacinths should also not be confused with the genus Muscari, which are commonly known as grape hyacinths.

Hyacinthus grows from bulbs, each producing around four to six linear leaves and one to three spikes (racemes) of flowers. In the wild species, the flowers are widely spaced, with as few as two per raceme in H. litwinovii and typically six to eight in H. orientalis, which grows to a height of 6–8 inches. Cultivars of H. orientalis have much denser flower spikes and are generally more robust.

Hyacinth bulbs are poisonous; they contain oxalic acid. Handling hyacinth bulbs can cause mild skin irritation. Protective gloves are recommended."

Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

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Plant Events from our members
Seedfork	On March 2, 2015	Bloomed First bloom on Pink Hyacinth, blue and then white bloomed later in the month.
dragonfetti	On March 12, 2015	Bloomed Pink, Blue, Purple and White are all blooming in the outside gardens.
dragonfetti	On February 17, 2015	Bloomed Blue and pink and one yet to bloom.
dragonfetti	On January 30, 2015	Plant emerged
dragonfetti	On January 14, 2015	Seeds sown Bulbs started.
dragonfetti	On January 12, 2015	Obtained plant From WM; 4 bulbs $1.00; will force inside
dragonfetti	On December 1, 2014	Obtained plant From? Planted in sidewalk garden.
Marilyn	On October 2, 2015	Obtained plant Bought a package of 15 mixed Hyacinths at Meijer's on sale.

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Discussion Threads about this plant

Thread Title	Last Reply	Replies
so pretty!!! by Onewish1	Apr 9, 2012 8:23 PM	2
Stunning! by vic	Apr 10, 2012 3:30 PM	2
A Hyacinth by sedumzz	Apr 1, 2022 10:29 PM	9

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