Tag Archives: Grape hyacinths

Six on Saturday – Maraschino anyone?

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

02/04/2022 Aye! Always with the ice and snow when the blossom starts to open! Tempted into full bloom by a couple of weeks of close to 20 deg C there are currently gorgeous displays of magnolia and cherry blossom about … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Siberian squill and other ocean blues

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Frogend_dweller
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A Cuckoo in the Nest

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Frogend_dweller

Grape hyacinths, even Muscari armeniacum, don’t seem to last here for more than a couple of years in the garden. It is probably our soggy winter conditions and clay soil that does for them, but I do love their wonderful … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday – Amethyst and Turquoise

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Frogend_dweller

I love seeing blues appear in the spring flowers: the scilla, hyacinth, pulmonaria and anemone, but when I went to look for some to pick I found that I’ve only flirted with the true blues in the garden. My bunch … Continue reading →

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