Asparagaceae
Wild hyacinth
Triteleia grandiflora
Also known as Blue wild hyacinth, Atlantic camas, Eastern camas, Brodiaea douglasii var. howellii
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native Wildflower · Corm · Spring Bloomer · Blue Flowers · Meadow Garden · Pacific Northwest · Triteleia · Pollinator · Bulb
Wild hyacinth is a charming spring-blooming corm native to the Pacific Northwest and intermountain West, producing clusters of violet-blue flowers on slender stems. Plant corms in well-drained soil in a sunny to partly shaded spot and water regularly through spring; once the foliage yellows, stop watering and let the corm rest dry through summer. It naturalizes beautifully in meadow and native plant gardens and requires very little attention once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist during active growth; allow to dry out in summer · Every 7-10 days during spring growth; cease watering after foliage dies back
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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