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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #240 on: April 17, 2009, 07:25:08 PM »
Thanks for this comment Luit,
What a confusion... ;D

It does look more of M. armeniacum by the dense and and more horizontal, strait flowers.

It is already difficult to distinguish between some of the species, think of cultivars.... ;)
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #241 on: April 17, 2009, 08:34:25 PM »
Well Lesley- i hope you like your Muscari 'Whatever they turn out to be', I quite like my Muscari 'Whatever they are'. Think I'll stick with 'Baby's breath', as it has no PBR's on it  ;) ;)
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #242 on: April 17, 2009, 09:23:21 PM »
Well Lesley- i hope you like your Muscari 'Whatever they turn out to be', I quite like my Muscari 'Whatever they are'. Think I'll stick with 'Baby's breath', as it has no PBR's on it  ;) ;)
Aah, you mean Jenny Robinson ?  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #243 on: April 19, 2009, 07:54:19 AM »
This should be Muscari species nova 'Sky Blue' (from Janis) flowering now in the garden.
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #244 on: April 19, 2009, 08:29:13 AM »
Janis  , Bellevalia crassa , what a superb plant in flower and in seed !
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #245 on: April 19, 2009, 11:15:30 AM »
Janis  , Bellevalia crassa , what a superb plant in flower and in seed !
 Lucky those who ordered seed from Archibald 2 years ago .   

And even luckier those who ordered bulbs from Janis two years ago  ;)
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #246 on: April 19, 2009, 11:41:23 AM »
Simon,

Nice 'Sky Blue'.  Do you have 'Dark Eyes' as well?  I bought both of them this year so it is lovely to see them.  Not even leaves up on those ones here as yet I think, although a lot of the Muscari have had leaves up for a while.
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #247 on: April 19, 2009, 12:52:37 PM »
Yes Paul, I have 'Dark Eyes', 'White-rose Beauty' and 'Early Rose' all out there somewhere - all lovely, 'quiet' little plants.  :)
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #248 on: April 19, 2009, 01:06:20 PM »
I have one I bought as 'Rose Beauty', which I think was white fading to pink..... I wonder if it was supposed to be "White-rose beauty"?  What is 'Dark Eyes' like?  Descriptions in catalogues are not quite the same as seeing it yourself, which is why I am asking.
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #249 on: April 19, 2009, 02:10:13 PM »
I have one I bought as 'Rose Beauty', which I think was white fading to pink..... I wonder if it was supposed to be "White-rose beauty"?  What is 'Dark Eyes' like?  Descriptions in catalogues are not quite the same as seeing it yourself, which is why I am asking.
Paul, here are two pics of Muscari Dark Eyes (Conn. Coll.)
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #250 on: April 19, 2009, 03:03:36 PM »
Paul, by 'Rose Beauty' do you mean 'Early Rose' from Janis? If so it is slightly pinker than 'Whit-rose Beauty'- sorry I have no pics.
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #251 on: April 19, 2009, 06:22:23 PM »
Muscari armeniacum 'Saphier' today in the main garden.
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #252 on: April 20, 2009, 12:48:51 AM »
Marcus Harvey listed 'Sky Blue' and 'Dark Eyes' as selections of the same species nova, this year but you Simon, have 'Dark Eyes' as a selection of M. aucheri. In your picture, it looks just like the regular old (and rampant) grape hyacinth.
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #253 on: April 20, 2009, 07:17:42 AM »
Sorry Lesley, the 'Dark Eyes' pic was posted by Luit. Mine is from Janis, where it was listed as a selection of his Muscari species nova. I haven't posted a pic of it.
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Re: Muscari ... and some relatives 2009
« Reply #254 on: April 20, 2009, 09:15:52 AM »
Simon,

I bought it as 'Rose Beauty', so I don't know more than that.  Maybe it is 'Whit-rose Beauty'?  I really don't know, which was sort of why I was asking.  Is there any one named 'Rose Beauty'?
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