Hyacinth or Garden Hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis (LILIACEAE)
Planting and Growing Hyacinth
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow hyacinth or garden hyacinth in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of hyacinth or garden hyacinth
- Season of bloom and planting time for hyacinth or garden hyacinth
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for hyacinth or garden hyacinth
- When, how deep, and where to plant hyacinth or garden hyacinth
- How to plant hyacinth or garden hyacinth
- Watering, fertilizing, care and pests or diseases of hyacinth or garden hyacinth
- Landscape and indoor uses of hyacinth or garden hyacinth
- Comments about hyacinth or garden hyacinth and its features
Growing Hyacinth
Spring bulb. Deciduous. Stands to 1 ft. (30 cm) tall. Straplike, curved-edged, midlength green leaves.
See Also: Summer Hyacinth, Ornithogalum candicans, and Wood Hyacinth, Hyacinthoides spp.
Hyacinth Planting and Care Guide
Flowers
Spring. Apricot, blue, orange, pink, purple, red, white, yellow. Multiple flared, trumpet-shaped, fragrant flowers, to 1 in. (25 mm) wide, in snug tiers vertically along the stalk, form cone-shaped plumes.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 4–11; ground hardy, zones 6–9.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained, sandy loam. Fertility: Rich. 5.0–6.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Autumn in full sun to partial shade. Protect from sun in hot climates. Space 6–8 in. (15–20 cm) apart, 5–8 in. (13–20 cm) deep.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep moist in spring. Fertilize until buds form. Mulch. Lift after bloom, zones 4–5 and 8–11. Lift and divide bulb clusters after 3–4 seasons to reduce crowding in plantings where bulbs overwinter in the landscape for several garden seasons. Propagate by offsets.
Lifting and Storing
Dark, 40–50°F (4–10°C), in net bag or open basket of dry peat moss.
About This Species
Good choice for beds, borders, containers in cottage, indoor, woodland gardens. Naturalizes, depending on cultivar. Deer, rodent resistant.