a freebie

these grape hyacinth are hyacinths in name only. their real name is muscari, an old-world flower native to the mediterranean basin. i acquired them as a freebie from my mom. last year she gave me a spent basket of mixed spring bulbs–you know the kind–and i took it home and unceremoniously plunked it into the soil beside my driveway, and quickly forgot all about it. this week i got handful of (real) pink hyacinths and these grape muscari. gotta love a good freebie.

grape hyacinth (Muscari)