Monday 7 September 2015

DESKTOP 769 - GRAPE HYACINTHS

Muscari is a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia that produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring. The common name for the genus is grape hyacinth (a name which is also used for the related genera Leopoldia and Pseudomuscari, which were formerly included in Muscari). Other common names are baby's breath and bluebell, although these are also used for other plants, particularly Gypsophila and Hyacinthoides respectively. A number of species of Muscari are used as ornamental garden plants.

This post is part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme.

5 comments:

  1. Hi Nick,

    What a lovely shade of blue.

    Thanks for celebrating Blue Monday's 7th blogiversary.

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  2. Nothing this pretty or blue in Texas.

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  3. In Germany we call it Kaminkehrer ( chimney sweep ? ).

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  4. Beautiful floral photography for Blue Monday!


    Happy Week to you,
    artmusedog and carol

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  5. So lovely!
    Please come link up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/09/allium-glorious.html

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