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Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses, and other spring-flowering bulbs can be forced indoors, allowing you to see spring blooms even in the colder months. Although forcing bulbs may seem ...
Cuttings taken in the fall can be moved indoors to force them into bud break. [3] Pruning during the growing season is an effective way to force some plants, such as asparagus, which are grown for their new shoots. [4] Forcing as a horticultural technique has been recorded as early as 1608. [5]
Hyacinths need a chilling period of at least 40°F for a period of 12 to 14 weeks in order to bloom next spring; this is why they do not do well in warm regions.
Vernalization (from Latin vernus 'of the spring') is the induction of a plant's flowering process by exposure to the prolonged cold of winter, or by an artificial equivalent. After vernalization, plants have acquired the ability to flower, but they may require additional seasonal cues or weeks of growth before they will actually do so.
According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of July 2012, the genus contains 11 species and one interspecific hybrid. [4] The majority of species are distributed around the Mediterranean Basin, with only one species, Hyacinthoides non-scripta (the familiar spring flower of bluebell woods in the British Isles and elsewhere) occurring further north in north-western Europe. [1]
Its species epithet sanguinea refers to the striking red flower that emerges from the sometimes still snow-covered ground in early spring or summer; this may be as late as July in high elevations, such as those of the High Sierra Nevada and Cascades. The genus epithet Sarcodes comes from the Greek sarkódes (σαρκώδες), meaning "fleshy". [4]
Bletilla striata, known as hyacinth orchid [2] or Chinese ground orchid, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae, native to Japan, Korea ...
Hyacinthus orientalis, the common hyacinth, garden hyacinth or Dutch hyacinth, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to southwestern Asia, southern and central Turkey, northwestern Syria, Lebanon and northern Palestine. It was introduced to Europe in the 16th century.