Description
Muscari Pink Sunrise is an unusual hybrid as most muscari are shades of blue or white. This unbelievable hybrid grows with conical racemes of soft baby whisper-pink as it matures above ample foliage clumps.
Muscari are also suitable for growing in containers especially when planted with tulips or daffodils. 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.
Cultivation instructions
Before planting your bulbs cultivate soils to a depth of 20 to 30cms and plant bulbs 15cms deep and 10-15cms apart. In heavier soils add grit and or humus matter to help with drainage. Muscari can be left to naturalise and as such can be left undisturbed for many years. Feed during the flowering and leaf stage with something like bone meal, well rotted compost or similar.
Muscari Pink Sunrise need to be protected early growth in the spring from slugs and snails and remove dead heads after flowering to prolong flowering period.
Growing Information
Flowering Height: 4-6″ (10-15cm)
Flowering Period: April-May
Soil type: Free draining fertile soils that do not get water logged.
Aspect: Prefer a semi shade location but they will also grow well in full sun.
Planting Depth: 15cms
Spacing: 10-15cms apart.
Full growing instructions provided.
New season top quality bulbs dispatched from September on-wards
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