Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Flowering Plants
Origin
Mediterranean, Western Asia
South-Central United States
Types
Oriental Hyacinths, Common Hyacinths
Penstemon digitalis, Penstemon barbatus, Penstemon heterophyllus
Number of Varieties
30200
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40000
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Habitat
Mediterranean region
Rocky areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-95-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-1
12-1
Sunset Zone
21,22
No Available
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
10.20 cm30.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
5.10 cm30.50 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Yellow, Red, Blue, Purple, Pink, Lavender, Violet
White, Purple
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long slender
Long linear and narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Winter
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam
Loam
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring, Late Winter, Indeterminate
Late Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Black Walnut Toxicity, Rabbit, Shade areas
-
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
chipping, Offsets, scooping, Twin scaling, Vegetative
From bulbs
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Medium
Requires watering in the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Loam
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, General garden fertilizer, Time release fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Black Walnut Toxicity, Rabbit, Shade areas
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single, Double, Semi-Double
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Insects
Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Allergy
Asthma
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Bouquets, Cottage Garden, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers
Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Bedding Plant, Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower
Botanical Name
Hyacinthus orientalis
PENSTEMON cobaea
Common Name
Hyacinth, common hyacinth, garden hyacinth, dutch hyacinth
Beardtongue
In Hindi
ह्यचीन्थ
Beardtongue
In German
Hyazinthe
Bartfaden
In French
jacinthe
beardtongue
In Spanish
jacinto
beardtongue
In Greek
υάκινθος
Beardtongue
In Portuguese
jacinto
Beardtongue
In Polish
hiacynt
Beardtongue
In Latin
et hyacinthinas,
ursus lingua
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Equisetopsida
Order
Liliales
Lamiales
Family
Liliaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Hyacinthus
Penstemon
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Scilloideae
-
Number of Species
3261
1
27800
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