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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)
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches
Plant Spread: not much
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: foliage often regrows in the fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Purple
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Other: Good for forcing
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Provides winter interest
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: sow seed when ripe
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Grape Hyacinth

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Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2018-05-09
First bee of the season too!
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-05-08
Location: Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-04-15
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2018-05-09
First bee of the season too!

photo by:Fizykaa
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Apr 16 , 2011
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2023-03-25

Date: 2020-05-20
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-03-22
while trying to pick the flower for a bouquet, I accidentally pul

Date: 2020-03-31
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-04-08
with erythronium, forget-me-not and daffs
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-05-20
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2023-04-24
Location: Killeen,Tx
Date: 2023-02-21
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2023-03-25
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-03-19
a vital nectar source for honeybees in early spring
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-04-27
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2023-05-04

Date: 2012-03-15
Location: My Gardens
Date: April 3, 2007
Close Up View

Date: 2022-03-24
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. 
Date: 2008-04-27
A beautiful early spring blue - - - and fragrant, too.
Location: Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-04-11
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2007-04-09
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Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com
Location: Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
Date: 2017-05-03
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2017-05-10
Little grape trees!
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-04-12
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-04-24
Crisp, pine-cone shaped buds emerge from the ground.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2011-04-27
Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2018-06-03
Early June, zone 5b
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-18

Date: 2020-03-12

Date: 2012-03-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-06

Date: 2010-04-10
Photo by hazeleyes
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2016-05-10
Location: Iowa
Date: 2018-05-08
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-04-12
Location: Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-04-11
Location: Twisp
Date: 2014-04-29
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2016-03-15
Location: my garden, Zone 7A NC
Date: Spring
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-04-27
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2018-05-04
Second season, May
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-19
Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-04-12

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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Location: Hampshire, England.
Date: 2012-03-27

Date: 2018-04-26
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-06
Location: Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-03-28
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Comments:
  • Posted by sandnsea2 (Cape Cod, MA, USA - Zone 7a) on Dec 4, 2011 12:16 PM concerning plant:
    Muscari armeniacum is a wonderful, early-spring-blooming bulb. It is planted in fall along with the Tulips and Daffodils. I love this plant because it naturalizes nicely when it is in a happy situation. It complements any other plants near it.
    I also appreciate the way this bulb produces its leaves in the fall.
    The species name denotes its country of origin, Armenia.
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