Muscari latifolia
Common name: grape hyacinth
Family: Asparagaceae
Leaf: solitary basal leaf, linear
Flower: bicoloured flower raceme (up to 2.5" long) of tightly packed, urn-shaped flowers. Lower fertile flowers are dark violet and the upper sterile flowers are soft violet blue.
Habit: perennial bulb; Form: low, mounded
Height: 0.5-1'; Spread: 0.5-0.75'
Culture: Easily grown in average, medium-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Plant bulbs about 3" deep. Good soil drainage is essential. Adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions. Flowers emerge early in spring. Keep gorund moist during its growing and flowering, but wehn it goes dormant in the summer, its best if it is not kept moist. Naturalizes by bulb offsets and self-seeding, although it takes 4 years from seed to flowering.
Uses: spring interest en masse, in lawns, open areas, around shrubs, under deciduous trees, rock garden. Mixes well with other early blooming bulbs. Containers. Forces easily for winter bloom.
Origin: Southern and Western Asia
Family: Asparagaceae
Leaf: solitary basal leaf, linear
Flower: bicoloured flower raceme (up to 2.5" long) of tightly packed, urn-shaped flowers. Lower fertile flowers are dark violet and the upper sterile flowers are soft violet blue.
Habit: perennial bulb; Form: low, mounded
Height: 0.5-1'; Spread: 0.5-0.75'
Culture: Easily grown in average, medium-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Plant bulbs about 3" deep. Good soil drainage is essential. Adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions. Flowers emerge early in spring. Keep gorund moist during its growing and flowering, but wehn it goes dormant in the summer, its best if it is not kept moist. Naturalizes by bulb offsets and self-seeding, although it takes 4 years from seed to flowering.
Uses: spring interest en masse, in lawns, open areas, around shrubs, under deciduous trees, rock garden. Mixes well with other early blooming bulbs. Containers. Forces easily for winter bloom.
Origin: Southern and Western Asia
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