Hyancinths

A small genus of bulbous, fragrant flowering plants.

Asparagales

Hyacinthus

Asparagaceae

grows to a height of 15–20 cm (6–8 in).

The color of the blue flower hyacinth plant varies between 'mid-blue' to violet blue and bluish purple.

After flowering the ripening of the seed capsules begins. They are fleshy, spherical structures. When the capsules reach maturity, they get dried and split into three parts. Each part has two subdivisions and contains a different quantity of seeds. The seeds are black grains with one white elaiosome of variable size. The seeds are dispersed through myrmecochory; that is, ants find the seeds and take them into their burrows where they use the elaiosome for food. There the seeds can germinate.

The reproduction of the plant in cultivation can be done easily by dividing the newly appeared bulbs from the main plant. In nature, this method is also used by the hyacinth but the plant also has a specific kind of reproduction by seeds.