Grape Hyacinth
Muscari armeniacum
Needs nothing and stops for nothing — plant it where a spreading colony is welcome rather than where it is not.
Light Sun or light shade; it is not fussy.
Water No watering needed once it is established.
Height 20 cm
Spread 3.9 in
Spacing 10 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 3.9 in
- In-row spacing
- 3.9 in
- Between rows
- 5.1 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Flower · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Sun or light shade; it is not fussy.
- Watering
- No watering needed once it is established.
- Feeding
- No feeding required.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- March
- Pruning
- Let the foliage die back on its own.
Through the year
- Feb–Mar Spring Growth
- Mar–May Flowering
- May–Jun Growing
- Jun–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Feb Leaf Fall
Companions
Daffodils, Tulips, Primroses, Forget-me-nots
Pests & problems
- Squirrels Squirrels digging up the bulbs
- Virus diseases Virus that leaves the flowers streaked
- Spreads well past where it was put
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