Hyacinth
Hyacinths are spring-blooming bulbs renowned for their intensely sweet, heady fragrance and dense racemes of small, star-shaped flowers. They are perfect for forcing indoors in winter for early color and scent.
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- Sunlight
- partial
- Watering
- weekly
- Height
- 20-30 cm
- Care level
- easy
- Lifecycle
- perennial
- Placement
- Indoors
Seasons
SKU hyacinth-REG
The Victorian language of flowers
“From Apollo’s grief over Hyacinthus in Greek myth.”
- Please forgive me
Growing and care guide
Growing Instructions
- 1
Plant bulbs in October-November or transplant potted spring starts in March.
- 2
Requires severe cold chilling during Chillai Kalan (December-January) for bud development.
- 3
Dense intensely fragrant floral spikes bloom across April in Srinagar gardens.
- 4
Cut spent bloom spikes in May, allowing foliage to wither naturally until June dormancy.
Care Instructions
Water lightly after planting, then maintain moderate moisture through flowering.
Do not cut green leaves immediately after bloom; let foliage yellow naturally.
Feed with low-nitrogen, high-potash fertilizer at shoot emergence and after flowering.
Lift and divide crowded clumps during dormancy where required.