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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

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Common names
  • Roman Hyacinth
  • French Hyacinth
  • Hyacinth
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hyacinthus orientalis subsp. orientalis
  • Synonym: Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus
  • Synonym: Hyacinthus orientalis subsp. albulus

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-04-04
Roman Hyacinth
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2010-04-04

Date: 2015-03-16
Location: Burleson, Tx.
Date: 2012-02-25 
Purple form
Location: Burleson, Tx.
Date: 2012-02-25 
Purple form

Date: 2015-03-16

Date: 2015-03-16

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