Grape Hyacinth Spring Gathering

I got out last week to take photos of early spring bloomers.  I went to St. Joseph’s Krug Park to see if I could find anything growing in the wild.  There was not much there. (I did find a couple I will post later.)  On my way out of the park I noticed an impressive group of daffodils blooming in a yard next to the park opening.  I noticed a gentleman doing yard work so I stopped to ask if I could photograph some of his beautiful flowers. He graciously allowed me to shoot his flowers.

As I was starting, he invited me to the backyard where he had a patch of grape hyacinths blooming.  I jumped at the opportunity. It was a sprawling, beautiful patch of hyacinths at the peak of bloom.  What a delight!  This is one of my favorite shots.  Thank you so much, François.  More photos from your yard will be featured in future posts.

I learned a little about this flower from Wikipedia: “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), but they should not be confused with hyacinths. A number of species of Muscari are used as ornamental garden plants.”

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