Family: Liliaceae
            
                Scientific Name: Hyacinthus pinnata 
            
                Common Name: Hyacinths
            
    
    
            
            
    
            
            
                
    
    
    
    
     
    
 
        
    
    
    
        
            
            
                | Description | Slightly fragrant colorful racemes of flowers. | 
            
                | Plant Type | All Plants, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. | 
            
                | Hardiness Zone | 5 | 
            
                | Sunlight | full | 
            
                | Moisture | average | 
            
                | Soil & Site | rich, needs well drained | 
            
                | Growing Media | well drained | 
            
                | Flowers | fragrant,borne on a tightly packed raceme, colors: blue, pink, red, yellow, white, etc. | 
            
                | Leaves | thick, fleshy strap-like, radiating from the base | 
            
                | Dimensions | reaches 8-10 inches tall. | 
            
                | Maintenance | Bulbs should be planted 6 inches deep, three to four inches apart. To prolong the life of the bulb needs to be deadhead. | 
            
                | Propagation | bulbs | 
            
                | Native Site | Native to areas of the Mediterranean.  Has been in cultivation for centuries. | 
            
                | Author's Notes | In zone #5 I have found this to be a short lived bulb. | 
            
        
        
        
     
    
                
	        
            
            
                
            
        
    
    
    
        
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