Showing posts with label Muscari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muscari. Show all posts

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Mount Hood Muscari


The "Mount Hood" muscari that we planted last year have come back strong in their second Spring.


We are quite pleased how dense this grouping is. Each lovely blue bloom is topped with a few white petals, just like Mount Hood is always capped with white snow. With our cooler Spring this year, all of our bulbs are lasting much longer. It is so nice to have this great pop of color along the front boarder of the flowerbed.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

The First Muscari


The first Muscari of the year is in full-bloom in the mudroom flowerbed. We have lost the name of this variety but it really doesn't matter. It is such a happy blue, adding another pop of color to Spring.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Muscari


Our various Muscari planted throughout the flowerbeds are at peak bloom right now. Unfortunately, we have lost the names of most of them but it certainly doesn't stop us from enjoying their beauty.


This one might just be my favorite. It begins as a deep blue at the base of the bloom. The middle section is a pretty medium blue and it is topped by a white crown.


Perfection in such a small little package.


This clump is more of the traditional Grape Hyacinth.


It reliably produces loads of blooms each year.


Here's another favorite of mine. Deep purple on the bottom topped off with lavender at the top. The plant doesn't make a lot of blooms, but even with just four or five blooms a year, it is worth having in your garden.


Now this group certainly doesn't look like the traditional grape hyacinth. Each tube on these big, fat periwinkle blooms are shredded or torn. 


Each bloom looks a little bit like a fireworks explosion.


Here is another "non-Traditional" Muscari. We actually have the tag still next to this clump. It is "Muscari Plumosum".


Another Muscari with a case of bed-head but in a rich plum color. We also have a few other varieties of Muscari planted thought the various flowerbeds. They are early blooming types and have mostly finished up for the season. One of my favorites is pictured below. A simple, pure white Muscari that I purchased a few years ago.