Scientific Name: Muscari armeniacum
Common Name: grape hyacinth
Family Name: Asparagaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Oval - vertical, Vase
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Indoor plant, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Grass-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, Blue, Purple, Mar-Apr
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, May-Jun
Key ID Features:
Leaves narrow, basal, to 30cm long, dying back before summer; florets deep violet blue, urn-shaped (grape-like), slightly fragrant (musky-sweet), 20-40 on conical racemes on scapes rising up to 20cm in early spring, 1-3 per bulb.