Plant hyacinth bulbs from September to December. If needed, store them somewhere cool and dry, away from mice, but plant before they begin to deteriorate.
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Hyacinth
'Peter Stuyvesant'
For really deep blue garden flowers, we can recommend the occasional bedding plant, or perhaps summer delphiniums—but for spring, your best choice is Hyacinth 'Peter Stuyvesant'. It's a deep, dark violet-blue, with an absolutely stunning, sweet fragrance. It is also an excellent choice for mixing with early to mid-flowering daffodils and tulips. It performs equally well in containers, pots, or the front of the garden border—in full sun or part-shade. Grow it anywhere that you will be able to enjoy its wonderful fragrance.
The flower stems of Hyacinth orientalis 'Peter Stuyvesant' are perfectly able to support the multitude of blooms they carry—for perhaps as much as five or even six weeks in an optimum season. This hyacinth is best planted in early autumn, straight into the garden soil, or outdoor containers and, for best effect, in clusters of five. Incidentally, this hyacinth is named after the Dutch colonial officer Peter Stuyvesant, who served as the last Dutch director general of New Netherlands—the area we now know as the US states of New York and New Jersey.
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Choose full sun or partial shade. Improve heavy soil with organic matter and horticultural grit. For containers, use peat-free multipurpose compost with good drainage.
Wearing gloves, plant bulbs pointed side upwards, 10–15cm deep and around 10cm apart. Their naturally purplish outer skin is perfectly normal.
Water after planting if the soil is dry. Border-grown hyacinths rarely need further watering during winter, but keep containers lightly moist and never waterlogged.
Remove faded flowers, but allow the foliage to yellow and die back naturally. The bulbs can remain planted, although flowering may become less dense over time.
- Botanical name
- Hyacinthus orientalis 'Peter Stuyvesant'
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Bulb size
- 16/17
- Established height
- 20-30cm
- Established spread
- 5-10cm
- Growing skill
- Easy to grow
- Habit
- Upright
- Hardiness
- Fully hardy
- Leaf colour
- Green
- Mouse resistant
- Yes
- Plant spacing
- 50 bulbs per m2
- Pollinator friendly
- No
- Position
- Sheltered
- Rabbit resistant
- Yes
- Scented
- Yes
- Soil acidity
- Any
- Soil moisture
- Free draining
- Soil type
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Loam
Loam-based compost
Multipurpose compost
Sandy - Suitable for
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Borders
Cottage gardens
Cut flower gardens
Large containers
Low maintenance gardens
Pots - Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade, Dappled shade
- Toxicity
-
Skin/eyes irritant
Harmful if eaten - Years to establish
- 1st year
Good for cutting
Perfect for pots
Fragrant
Perennial
Fully hardy
Packed in paper
Low maintenance
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