| Description | The blackish-violet fertile flowers on the lower part of the spike and the blue sterile flowers towards the the tip create a two tone effect. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Flowers | blackish-violet fertile flowers on the lower part of the spike, blue sterile flowers towards the tip |
| Leaves | round fleshy bulbs, has only one to two broad leaves, |
| Dimensions | 12 inches |
| Maintenance | naturalize by self-seeding |
| Propagation | division, seeds take many years until the new plants will flower |
| Misc Facts | Native to pine barrens in Turkey. Muscari is derived for some authorities from Greek muschos, Perisan mushk (musk) or Sanskrit mushka (testicle) with reference to the sweet musky aromatic smell of the flowers of some species. (www.plantlives.com) |
| Notes & Reference | #59-Naturalizing Bulbs (Rob Proctor), #60-The American Gardeners World of Bulbs (Judy Glattstein), #145-Plant Lives, (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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