Purple Sensation Hyacinth is a royal purple spring-flowering bulb that fills gardens with incredible fragrance and bold color. This heirloom variety reaches 10 inches tall and thrives in hardiness zones 4 through 8, making it accessible to gardeners across much of North America. Plant clusters of 10 or more bulbs in fall before the first hard frost, and they'll reward you with stunning blooms after 70 to 85 days of winter cold.
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Royal purple flowers paired with an incredible fragrance make this hyacinth a sensory delight. When planted en masse in beds, borders, or containers, the visual impact is striking and the scent unmistakable. The variety also responds beautifully to winter forcing indoors, bringing spring color and perfume into your home months early.
Purple Sensation Hyacinth serves as a spring ornamental for garden beds, borders, and container plantings. The variety excels when massed together for maximum visual and olfactory impact. Its suitability for forcing makes it equally valuable for indoor winter arrangements, bringing fragrant blooms to homes during the coldest months.
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Plant bulbs directly into garden soil in fall before the first hard frost. Ships are available from late September through November. Space bulbs 3 inches apart in beds, borders, or containers. Plant in clusters of 10 or more for the strongest visual and aromatic impact.
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