General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Pollinators: Self
Various insects

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Common names
  • Blue Bottle
  • Starch Hyacinth
  • Southern Grape Hyacinth
  • Grape Hyacinth

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Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: May 2017
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: May 2017
Comments:
  • Posted by sedumzz (Fairfax VA - Zone 7a) on Jan 7, 2022 7:45 PM concerning plant:
    Flower cluster size is quite large (compared to the size of the buds)
    Flowers stay a light baby blue color. Leaves are a vivid regular green.

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