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(First upload on May 5 2014. Last on May 20 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Hyacinthus orientalis L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Hyacinthus Tourn. ex L.
Hiashinsu (ヒアシンス, 風信子/飛信子), common hyacinth or garden hyacinth
Hiyashinsu (ヒヤシンス), Nishikiyuri (ニシキユリ/錦百合)
Lifeform: bulbous perennial herb
Distribution: native to the eastern Mediterranean → introduced to temperate regions
Leaf: strap-shaped, < 35 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, with a soft, succulent texture, and produced a basal whorl
Use: ornamental → water culure (水耕法)

⇒ many cultivars
Anna Marie (flower = pink), City of Haarlem (cream), Delft Blue (blue), Gipsy Queen (salmon pink), L'lnnocence (white), Ostara (blue), Pink Pearl (pink)

Muscari Mill., grape hyacinths
var. albulus Baker (ローマンヒヤシンス)
索引

Hyacinthus orientalis cultured in Hokkaido


ST1 ST2
[1] on a roadside in N18/W1, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 1 2018. [2] in a small flower bed under a street tree in N21/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 4 2024.

cv. Ostara

ST1 ST2
[1/2] at a roadside, N25/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on April 25 2014.

cv. Pink Pearl

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1] in N16/E1 along Sosei River on April 26 2024. [2] cv. Pink Pearl at the backyard of apartment, N28/W3, East Ward, Sapporo, on May 6 2014. [3] at a small garden under a street tee along a paved road in N30/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on April 25 2021.

Flower development

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-4] beside a noodle restaurant in N23/W2, North Ward, Sapporo. From 1 to 3, the dates are 24th, 26th and 28th in April 2021.

var. albulus

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] Roman hyacinth at the backyard of Japanese-styled Archery Training Hall, HU, on May 19 2017.

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