Grape Hyacinth

Pseudomuscari azureum Asparagaceae

Growth habit

Geophyte

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Asia Minor

Location

Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Hillside Garden

Source of plant

Brent & Becky's Bulbs, McClure & Zimmerman

Description

To 8" in height; leaves 2 to 5, linear, to 6" long; flowers tubular, not constricted, bright blue, to about 3/16" long, borne in a dense 20- to 40-flowered raceme. Flowers in very early spring.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3