trefle.io · Taken Jun 29, 2019 by Dieter Wagner (cc-by-sa)
Asparagaceae
Wood-hyacinth
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Also known as Wild hyacinth, Hyacinthoides non-scripta var. cernua, Hyacinthus nutans var. albus, Scilla festalis var. cernua
Native Plants · Bulb · Spring Bloomer · Woodland · Shade Tolerant · Bluebell · Naturalising · Asparagaceae · Cottage Garden · Uk Native · Pollinator
Wood-hyacinth is a charming spring-blooming bulb that naturalises beautifully under trees and in shaded woodland borders. Plant bulbs in autumn in humus-rich, well-drained soil and water during the growing season, then allow them to dry out after the foliage dies back. They require very little attention once established and will multiply and spread over the years.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately during active growth; reduce significantly after foliage dies back in summer · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Belgium, British Columbia, Falkland Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Indiana, Ireland, Italy, Kentucky, Netherlands, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Romania, Spain
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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