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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: 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
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Purple
Other: Burgundy
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: 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.
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Parentage: Sport of: Jan Bos

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Common names
  • Common Hyacinth
  • Dutch Hyacinth
  • Hyacinth

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Date: 2023-03-26
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Date: 2017-04-08
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Date: 2017-04-26
Location: Stoneham MA
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Date: April 2017
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Date: 2024-04-14
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Location: Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands
Date: 2019-04-05

Date: 2004-04-17
Location: Driveway
Date: 2011-0415
Caged due to deer.

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Location: Maryland

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Location: Driveway
Date: 2013-0407
Location: Driveway
Date: 2010-0412

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Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-04-11
Location: z5 MA, my garden
Date: 6 April, 2010

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