Muscari Azureum named Sky Blue #2
by J McCombie
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Muscari Azureum named Sky Blue #2
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J McCombie
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Award-winining Muscari azureum is a lovely, compact china-blue grape hyacinth, with bell-shaped flowers that are somewhat more open, not constructed at the mouth, and less "grapey" looking. Therefore, it looks more plump and fluffier or fuller in comparison to others. Like most Muscaris, it exudes a lovely fragrance. The more you plant, the more fragrance you get! Awarded the prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. Rising up to 4-5 inches tall (10-12 cm), ths Grape Hyacinth will naturalize well.
Pseudomuscari azureum (syn. Muscari azureum), the azure grape hyacinth, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Turkey. A bulbous perennial, it is grown in gardens for its spring flowers. The specific epithet azureum means "bright blue", a reference to its flower colour.
Pseudomuscari azureum is a small plant, around 4–15 cm (1.6–5.9 in) high with two to three grey-green leaves per bulb. Up to 60 flowers are borne in Spring (March or April in the Northern Hemisphere) in a dense "spike" (raceme). Each flower is 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and bright blue in colour with a darker stripe along each of the lobes. A feature which distinguishes the genus Pseudomuscari from the related Muscari is that the mouth of the flower is not narrowed but forms an open bell-shape. It grows in alpine meadows in north and east Turkey.
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May 19th, 2017
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