Indoors
Hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
The hyacinth comes from Turkey and the Middle East and reached Europe in the 16th century. Forced in a pot it flowers in winter with a dense, strongly scented spike. The bulb irritates the skin and is toxic to cats and dogs.
Hyacinth and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- narcissus-like alkaloids (most in the bulb): intense vomiting, diarrhea (sometimes with blood), depression, tremors; handling the bulbs irritates the skin
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 3 days in summer (April to September), every 4 in winter
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 8–20 °C
- Feeding
- not needed
- Repotting
- every 1 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Indoors it flowers for two or three weeks, longest in a cool spot. After flowering plant the bulb out in a garden or on a balcony; in a pot it rarely flowers again.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.