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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)
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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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