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Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Light Blue
Bloom Time: Mid Spring Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer
Other details: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets) From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; stratify if sowing indoors From seed; sow indoors before last frost
Seed Collecting: Bag seedheads to capture ripening seed Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds
On Oct 16, 2004, tcfromky from Mercer, PA (Zone 5a) wrote:
Propagation is very easy from seeds which are produced in abundance. Place drawstring bags over the seed heads, as it can be tricky to know when seeds will be dispersed. Sow the small, shiny black seeds in a well drained mix on the surface of 4" pots. Seedlings can take several years to mature into flowering size plants, so if you want a colony to develop quickly, dig up the plants in early Spring and divide the bulbs which can produce up to a dozen new plants in just a couple of years.
Wild hyacinth bears terminal racemes of blue flowers in late spring. The grass-like leaves are 1/2" wide at the base with an unbranched flower stalk. The bulb resembles that of a daylilly and can grow to 1" wide. Likes heavy clay, moist and well-drained soil.
Quamash was a major food source for Native Americans and was the cause of the Plateau Wars that led to the defeat of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce in 1877.
Beware of a deadly species called Death Camas. They bear white flowers and were used by colonists to poison flies (hence the name Fly Poison).
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Auburn, Alabama Somerton, Arizona Stamford, Connecticut Cordele, Georgia Burr Ridge, Illinois Mount Prospect, Illinois Georgetown, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Paris, Kentucky Cochituate, Massachusetts Cole Camp, Missouri Auburn, New Hampshire East Norriton, Pennsylvania Viola, Tennessee Dripping Springs, Texas Seattle, Washington
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