Grape hyacinth · Al Hoceïma, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to sow grape hyacinths in Al Hoceïma
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Al Hoceïma, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Al Hoceïma
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Grape hyacinths through the year
Against the frost risk in Al Hoceïma
Why these dates
Plant in early autumn, 8cm deep. A quirk worth expecting: the leaves appear in autumn, months before the flowers, and look untidy all winter. That is normal and not a sign of a bulb planted at the wrong time.
Hardy to -30C, with winter foliage that shrugs off hard frost. Naturalises readily and needs no cold-winter chill beyond what any temperate zone provides.
Grape hyacinths are anchored to the first autumn frost rather than the last spring one, so the planting window on this page counts backwards from the end of the season in Al Hoceïma instead of forwards from its start.
Al Hoceïma sits in zone 12a, which is milder than this crop wants, and a winter that never really arrives is its own problem. The dates below still describe the right time of year; the open question is survival rather than timing.
Also in Al Hoceïma
Other flowers to time
Growing grape hyacinths in Al Hoceïma
How much frost will grape hyacinths tolerate?
Hardy to -30C, with winter foliage that shrugs off hard frost. Naturalises readily and needs no cold-winter chill beyond what any temperate zone provides.