Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Carmen NICU, Manuela MANDA
The hyacinth is one of the most important spring-flowering bulbous plants, extremely appreciated for its beautiful and fragrant flowers in attractive colours, which is used in flowerbeds, borders, small groups, mass plantings of single variety or colour for a greater visual impact in parks and gardens, patio containers, and as cut flowers in bouquets and floral arrangements. It is also grown in pots and forced to bloom indoors in late winter. The aim of the study was to evaluate the growth and flowering characteristics of nine hyacinth cultivars grown in open field conditions. The results revealed that the maximum plant height (31.25 cm), length of the leaves (29.38 cm) and inflorescence length (14.33 cm) were recorded in 'Woodstock’. Among the studied cultivars, 'Blue Jacket’ produced the highest number of flowers in inflorescence (44.36), 'Purple Pride’ recorded the minimum number of days from planting to flowering (146.16 days) and 'Fondant’ had the longest flowering duration (15.12 days).
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