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Muscari botryoides
Also called Compact Grape Hyacinth, Small Grape Hyacinth, Italian Grape Hyacinth, Grape Hyacinth
Common grape hyacinth is a small bulbous perennial with clusters of bright blue, grape-like flowers in spring. Plant the bulbs in autumn in a sunny or lightly shaded spot with well-drained soil.
Muscari botryoides is a bulbous perennial plant of the genus Muscari and one of a number of species in the genus sold as grape hyacinth. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant.
The flowers are close together, and are almost totally round. The lower fertile flowers point downwards, while upper ones, usually paler and sterile, point upwards. The flowers are bright blue with white lobes at the end in the wild species, but other colours are available, including white. M. botryoides is originally from central and south-eastern Europe, growing in open woodland and mountain meadows.
Armenian grape hyacinth · Aucher éloy Grape Hyacinth · Azure Grape Hyacinth · Tassel grape hyacinth · Broad Leaved Grape Hyacinth · Muscari pseudomuscari · Grape hyacinth
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Muscari botryoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
