Count the hyacinths in this photo. I did not purchase this many bulbs. Apparently the 12 originally planted found time to visit a fertility clinic.In the depth of their second winter, the grape hyacinth (muscari armeniacum) leaves were green and seemed to have grown through the cold season. I wrote about my concern and questioned their fall-winter growth [2.13.2009]. Now, as they are spewing forth flower spikes, I wondered if they were too crowded. One look at a photo of the Keukenhof Gardens in Holland answers that.
- Some info found around the www:
- They are not actually hyacinths, but members of the lily family
- They are native to the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor
- The name 'muscari' comes from the Greek word for musk, relating to the smell of some types
- The name 'armeniacum' relates to Armenia
- The bulb is supposedly poisonous (hello, squirrels)
- Each 'grape' flower in the cluster has six petals
 | For The Record: • Well drained soil • Full sun • Bone meal fertilizer applied in the fall Garden Calendar: • Daffodils blooming: Lemon chiffon, ice follies, & fifer • Tulips blooming: red emperor, generic orange, yellow dover • Seeds started: Amaranthus, snapdragons, cleome, lagurus planted 11 April |
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| bell pepper | red onion |
I wonder if you'd be interested in this? There's a Brita gift pack involved. :-D
ReplyDeleteI tagged you in an Earth Month meme about improving environmental friendliness.
http://indoorgarden-er.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-month.html
Gosh, do I need to improve my environmental friendliness? Just look at those pathetic growing pots in the photo above! Reused and abused clay pots and biodegradable, almost-falling-apart paper cups.
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I bought one package of 12 muscari. They multiply like crazy. I have given them to friends, neighbors, potted and sold at a garage sale and still I have more.
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