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Common name: Grape hyacinth
The genus, Muscari contains about 30 species. Some of these, such as M. botryoides and M. comosum, originated in the Mediterranean region, while others of this genus can be found in their natural habitats in Asia Minor and the Caucasus. Most species are so extremely winter hardy and easy to grow that no garden should be without them.
Muscari planted in a favourable location where no water can settle during the winter can naturalize easily. One drawback, however, is that the leaves often emerge before the winter season. The frost damage thus produced remains visible during the flowering period although the flowers themselves are seldom damaged. A famous planting of them at the Keukenhof gardens in Holland is known as the 'blue river'; this is a dense planting of muscari that winds through the shrubs, some of which bloom at the same time. Year after year, this is one of the most photographed scenes in this spectacular park. The species used in this location is Muscari armeniacum, the most familiar of the grape hyacinths and actually the only one that has a right to that name. |
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