species
Muscari botryoides
Compact grape hyacinth · common grape hyacinth
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Muscari botryoides is a perennial in the family Asparagaceae, also known as Compact grape hyacinth or common grape hyacinth, introduced to the UK. It reaches 20 cm tall and 10 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam, sand or chalk soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from March to April. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 20 cm tall × 10 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Sand, Chalk
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Plan a bed with Muscari botryoides
Bloomprint draws your garden to scale and checks what will actually grow there. Your garden opens with this plant already on the plan.
Start a plan with Muscari botryoides