They are a mix of white, blues and combos of various blues and/or whites together. I swear if you listen closely you can hear them singing joyful songs.
If I told you I got down on my stomach JUST TO LOOK AT THEM (not even to take their pictures!) would you understand? :)
Pretty much all thirty of them have come up but it is not enough. I need more.
There is something about their miniature perfection that delights me. They make me feel like a kid again (my dolls would have loved a bouquet of these!). At the same time they are terribly romantic and old-fashioned.
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Ms S girl !
I am totally in love with your muscari too and now I will have to renew mine come Autumn (only gardeners can think in time jumps like that and not freak out ? LOL) .. they are like the little dolls of the Spring bulbs aren't they !
I like the white ones you have.
I didn't think I would but they are adorable : )
We have heat and humidity turned up high with our weather right now and I am hoping for a break from it already .. I have a load of mail order plants coming and I need it a little cooler to survive my crazy planting mode I go into ! haha
Ah .. Spring has come and summer is not far from it. Time to really take our vitamins right ? LOL
Joy : )
I love the mini flowers on Muscari, so cute, and hardy as well. They mix easily with other plants blooming at the same time, like tulips and Tiarella, too.
Joy: Hi! I hope you get some comfortable weather for all your mail order planting! I have never tried mail order but am tempted to try it for some hellebores. I will check your blog first for recommendations! :)
Northern Shade: I agree their unique shape and unobstrusive size make them a great mixer. I think they would look great in much larger groups than I have them right now so I think I will have to add some more in the fall. Of all the spring flowering bulbs we planted last year we certainly got the best results from these so far.
Absolutely! I love these little guys. They bloom in late February in my garden when it's usually raining in torrents. I will pick them to bring inside. They have a sweet fragrance and I think this is would explain the common name "Grape hyacinths." I love seeing your close-up shots. Definitely get more this fall! :)
Thank you for visiting my blog. Your comments about my garden are very sweet. I think everything is a little water logged right now. The rain was really appreciated but enough already. :)
I think you need about 300 of these guys. :o) They look like funny fairy hats. :o)
I have a bias against white flowering bulbs, but I don't know why. Yours look great and the few I've planted out of curiosity or that came up as sports also are charming. I will have to rethink my prejudice (always a good thing to do).
Grape Hyacinths are well worth the crawling to appreciate them - and possibly this is useful exercise, because my muscles always complain when it is time to get up and admire the tulips.
Casa Mariposa: I can totally picture them with googly eyes on them! :)
Dave: One thing I do notice about white bulbs is that they look better if there is a green ground cover nearby like a silver lamium. Otherwise, I think they need some contrasting colour of other blooms rather than just the brown mulch. I will be adding large quantities to these clumps in the fall so they are not quite so lost in the garden. They are too adorable to leave sitting by themselves. :)
Have never considered white muscari - think that I'll investigate forthwith. The spring bulb catalogues are now arriving in the post :)
yes, I agree -- absolutely! I love their old fashioned-ness too
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