wild hyacinth
Camassia scilloides
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size1 to 3 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Pale blue to white flowers
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides) is a bulb for borders, woodland gardens, meadows, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Sweet-scented lavender to blue flowers open on spikes above grass-like leaves. Bees and butterflies visit the blooms. The leaves stay green in spring only and then go dormant, so plant at least three bulbs together for the best show.
Pairs well with Little bluestem, Blue sage, and Lanceleaf coreopsis.
Native range
Central and eastern North America.