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Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs

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Common names
  • Grape Hyacinth

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-04-14

Date: 2023-04-19
Location: Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 2023-04-30
Muscari aucheri 'Ocean Magic'
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-04-21
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2016-04-28
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2016-06-07
Location: Winchester, KY
Date: April 2014
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-04-14
Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Comments:
  • Posted by sedumzz (Fairfax VA - Zone 7a) on Jan 7, 2022 8:10 PM concerning plant:
    Flower cluster size: Conical, very dense

    Buds emerge light baby blue with green rim. As it blooms, the blue becomes more vibrant and spreads up the bell, developing white rim. Flowers do fully open, but lips do not separate. Fades to a slightly more vibrant blue with indigo rim.

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