Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Aquatics
Origin
Mediterranean, Western Asia
North America, Europe, Asia
Types
Oriental Hyacinths, Common Hyacinths
Lemna minor
Number of Varieties
3037
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40000
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Habitat
Mediterranean region
Lakes, Ponds, sluggish streams and rivers
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-91-8
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-1
7-1
Sunset Zone
21,22
21,22
Habit
Clump-Forming
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
10.20 cm5.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
5.10 cm0.12 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Yellow, Red, Blue, Purple, Pink, Lavender, Violet
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Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
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Fruit Color
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Light Green
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long slender
Oblong-lanceolate
Thorns
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✘
✔
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Plant Season
Spring, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam
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The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
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Soil Drainage
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring, Late Winter, Indeterminate
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
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✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Black Walnut Toxicity, Rabbit, Shade areas
Cold climate, Salt, Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
In Water
How to Plant?
chipping, Offsets, scooping, Twin scaling, Vegetative
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Medium
Plant grows in water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Aquatic Plant
In Spring
Moderate
Aquatic Plant
In Winter
Average Water
Aquatic Plant
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
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Soil Type
Loam
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Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
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Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, General garden fertilizer, Time release fertilizer
No fertilizers needed
Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free
Insects, Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Black Walnut Toxicity, Rabbit, Shade areas
Cold climate, Salt
Flowers
Showy
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single, Double, Semi-Double
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Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Glossy
Evergreen
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✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Insects
Insects
Allergy
Asthma
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Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Bouquets, Cottage Garden, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
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Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
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✘
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Environmental Uses
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Food for insects
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
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Swelling
Part of Plant Used
Flowers
-
Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Showy Purposes
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Used As Indoor Plant
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✘
✔
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Used As Outdoor Plant
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✘
✔
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Garden Design
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Bog Garden, Water Gardens
Botanical Name
Hyacinthus orientalis
LEMNA trisulca
Common Name
Hyacinth, common hyacinth, garden hyacinth, dutch hyacinth
Duckmeat, Frog's Buttons, Ivyleaf Duckweed, Star Duckweed
In Hindi
ह्यचीन्थ
duckweed
In German
Hyazinthe
Entengrütze
In French
jacinthe
lentille d'eau
In Spanish
jacinto
Lenteja de agua
In Greek
υάκινθος
duckweed
In Portuguese
jacinto
lentilha-d'água
In Polish
hiacynt
Rzęsa
In Latin
et hyacinthinas,
duckweed
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Arales
Family
Liliaceae
Lemnaceae
Genus
Hyacinthus
Lemna
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
-
Lemneae
Subfamily
Scilloideae
Lemnoideae
Number of Species
338
1
27800
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