Muscari botryoides Album - Grape Hyacinth
Muscari botryoides Album - Grape Hyacinth
Muscari botryoides Album - Grape Hyacinth
Muscari botryoides Album - Grape Hyacinth
Muscari botryoides Album - Grape Hyacinth
Muscari botryoides Album - Grape Hyacinth
Muscari botryoides Album - Grape Hyacinth
Muscari botryoides Album
Common Grape Hyacinth, Blue Grape Hyacinth
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Description
The 'Album' Muscari botryoides is a beautiful white form of a small bulbous plant also called False Grape Hyacinth or Grape Hyacinth. In spring, it produces upright spikes of tightly packed white bells. Hardy and easy to grow, it multiplies spontaneously and faithfully blooms every year. Ideal in a short grass meadow, a rockery, along a path, with small white narcissi for example.
Muscari botryoides is a plant from the Asparagaceae family native to central and eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus. It grows in meadows, woods, and fields. The bulb is small, more or less conical, and produces many bulblets. The leaves, linear and erect, emerge from the ground at the end of winter and wither before summer. They are glaucous in colour and form a small upright tuft 15cm (6in) tall. The flowering occurs between March and May depending on the climate: it is earlier in the south, later in the north and in the mountains. The flowering stems, 15 to 20cm (6 to 8in) tall, bear a cluster of 6-8cm (2-3in) at their tip. In the 'Album' form, the flowers are white and almost odourless. The fruit is a capsule that opens with three rounded valves. The seeds self-sow in the garden.
Plant the 'Album' Muscari botryoides in mass, in groups of about ten bulbs, as a flowering carpet or along a path to achieve a good decorative effect. You can also scatter them randomly in a short grass meadow, a flower meadow, at the base of deciduous bushes. They will greatly appreciate the well-drained soil of the rockery and the full sun it provides. Its white flowering will highlight all the other spring small bulbs. This bright muscari pairs particularly well with white botanical narcissi, Ipheions, and white Greek anemones, in scenes of great delicacy. In a naturally inspired garden, it requires little maintenance.
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Botanical data
Muscari
botryoides
Album
Asparagaceae
Common Grape Hyacinth, Blue Grape Hyacinth
Western Europe
Planting and care
Muscari botryoides 'Album' should be planted in autumn, at a depth of 8cm (3in) and a distance of 7cm (3in), in ordinary but well-loosened soil, in full sun or partial shade for part of the day. In very heavy soils, add coarse sand and compost to the planting. Indeed, a moist, very clayey soil that is waterlogged can cause diseases that are fatal to the young plant. Divide the clumps every 5 years, when the leaves turn yellow.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.