My Garden Blog: A website to document the challenge of growing a variety of perennials in a northern Canadian climate. I post plenty of pictures of my gardening projects and welcome comments. La Ronge, Saskatchewan is in Zone 1b (USDA zone 2a), sitting on the Canadian shield at 55° 06' N latitude, 105° 16' W longitude.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Grape Hyacinths
I understand that these little blue gems are a weed in Europe. I am quite fond of them in my garden. I planted these Muscari armeniacum two seasons ago and they have multiplied greatly by bulb multiplication and self-seeding. I think that Muscari spreading into the lawn is a possibility but I'm not going to care! They are growing in relatively poor, sandy soil but are in full sun and I've been putting some worm compost around them. I am also trying some other varieties of Muscari such as M. botryoides "album" and M. latifolium (bi-color with wide leaves) but they have yet to flower.
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garden,
gardening,
grape hyacinths,
muscari
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