Hyacinth landscape performance, perennialization in Ithaca, Long Island, Clemson SC

October 2004 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter:

One of the long-term objectives of the Cornell University Flowerbulb Research Program is to evaluate and recommend bulb cultivars with excellent performance in various areas of North America. Because of the many cultivars available, this is a major task! In addition, the diverse climate zones in the US presents a challenge for doing such research and trialing. Our climate zones range from warm, humid areas of the southeastern United States, to the cool and wet Pacific northwest, to the cold winters and warm, humid summers in many northern states. In all of these areas, a wide range of temperature, rainfall, snow cover, summer heat and humidity, sunlight, fog, soil condition, and horticultural management will be encountered, and will affect how well a bulb perennializes in the landscape. It is expected that the information presented here will be useful to exporters and importers of flowerbulbs, and their landscaper, retailer, and homeowner customers.

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