Most significant cultivars
About 100 cultivars are cultivated, but fewer than 25 of these individual cultivars represent 90% of the total world production.
Hyacinths are often used in small groups of 3 to 5 bulbs of one cultivar, or are planted in larger groups or in beds using either solid or mixed colours.
Deep blue
- ‘Atlantic’: blue
- ‘Blue Jacket’: deep blue
- ‘Delft Blue’: blue
- ‘Ostara’: deep violet-blue
Mauve-violet
- ‘Amethyst’: lilac-blue
- ‘Anna Liza’: blue
- ‘Splendid Cornelia’: blue
Red
- ‘Amsterdam’: deep carmine red
- ‘Hollyhock’ deep red double flowers
- ‘Jan Bos’: carmine red
Pink
- ‘Anna Marie’: bright pink
- ‘Fondant’: pink
- ‘Lady Derby’: salmon pink
- ‘Marconi’: deep pink
- ‘Pink Pearl’: brilliant bright pink
Yellow
- ‘City of Haarlem’: bright yellow
Orange
- ‘Gypsy Queen’: salmon orange
White
- ‘Carnegie’: pure white
- ‘L’Innocence’: pure white
- ‘White Pearl’: pure white
The colours and flower shapes of all these cultivars are utterly superb. Special attention, however, should be given to the double-flowered ‘Hollyhock’, the yellow ‘City of Haarlem’, the pure white ‘Carnegie’ and the recently developed salmon-orange ‘Gypsy Queen’ which offers a very distinctive colour for hyacinths.
