In a Vase, on Monday – Creamy

The earliest Hyacinths in my garden are fading away, and Muscari latifolium, the broad-leaved species of grape Hyacinth, have also started to release their final seeds. I wanted to gather them both, while I could, in a single, smallish vase to join today’s gathering of cut flowers at Cathy’s Rambling in the Garden site.

The Hyacinth are a lovely, creamy white variety, and very fragrant. They were the first Hyacinth I planted after we purchased this property, in one of the first gardens I created, which means they’ve been in the ground here for close to 25 years! The Muscari continue to surprise me. I’ve mentioned before how this species self seeds over a wider area than the more common Muscari – the ones you see in small pots in grocery stores in early spring. They also get much, much taller as the days go one – in this patch, some of which I’ve cut for today’s vase, there were stems as tall as 10″ – 25 cms!

Here they are together in the vase. Have a wonderful week everyone!