Friday, August 25, 2006

Cultivation of Hyacinthus orientalis

Cultivation of Hyacinthus orientalis:

It has a long history of cultivation as an ornamental plant, grown across the Mediterranean region, and later France where it is used in perfumery, the Netherlands a major centre of cultivation and elsewhere. The early spring flower is the Garden Hyacinth flowers. They grow to their best when they are kept in full sun to part shade in well-drained but not dry and soil. The period required here is the winter dormancy period and will persist only in cold-weather region. Over 2,000 cultivars have been selected and named, with flower colour varying from blue, white, pale yellow, pink, red or purple; most cultivars have also been selected for denser flower spikes than the wild type, bearing 40-100 or more flowers on each spike.