Muscari ... and some relatives 2010

[TheOnionMan]

Lovely M.aucheri, Tony.
I think this is a Muscari muscarimi flowering here now. The scent is out of this world compared to the other form I have.

I believe you when you say the scent is out of this world, but I think this particular form of M. muscarimi is also out of this world... BEAUTIFUL!

[cohan]

wow! i already like the usual muscari, but in that perversity that always draws me to the atypical colours in a genus, i really love the macrocarpum and muscarimi!

[Onion]

three muscari in flower at the moment

Muscari macrocarpum two forms
Muscari aucheri

Tony,
wonderful pictures of Muscari.
What size is the M. aucheri? Looks larger, what I have under these name. My M. aucheri from seeds are only 4-5 cm high.

[Tony Willis]

Uli the aucheri are between 8 and 12 cms high. It is one I find very difficult to keep going and is very attractive to slugs.

[Mark Griffiths]

A couple from me;

M. macrocarpum "Golden Fragrance". Does anyone know anything about this? Is it just a selected clone the Dutch micropropagated?

The other one is "just" M. macrocarpum flowering for the first time this year.

[Maggi Young]

As far as I know, Mark, 'Golden Fragrance' is a selection, as you suspected.

[Ragged Robin]

I think it will be some time before my M. macrocarpum "Golden Fragrance" comes into flower but it's great to see yours Mark.

The first of my Muscari latifolium are just beginning to show and I love the way they emerge surrounded by a hood of leaves.

The next one, planted some time ago, looks lovely skirting the pine but I have no idea which one it is 

[Sinchets]

Robin, your M.latifolium really does look like it is hiding from inclement weather. 
Here are two more Muscari muscarimi flowering through a native Moehringia under a Quince bush in the garden, and a Bellevalia I have been growing as B.hackelii.

[Mark Griffiths]

I'm very much enjoying the pictures of the M. muscarimi. Actually all the pics are terrific, it's not a genus I thought much about in the past.

[Janis Ruksans]

I think it will be some time before my M. macrocarpum "Golden Fragrance" comes into flower but it's great to see yours Mark.

The first of my Muscari latifolium are just beginning to show and I love the way they emerge surrounded by a hood of leaves.

The next one, planted some time ago, looks lovely skirting the pine but I have no idea which one it is 

Looks as azureum
Janis

[Casalima]

I'm very much enjoying the pictures of the M. muscarimi. Actually all the pics are terrific, it's not a genus I thought much about in the past.

My thoughts exactly!!

[Ragged Robin]

Looks as azureum
Janis

Thanks for the ID Janis, it is a wonderful blue and looks as if it is spreading around the pine 

[ArnoldT]

Flowering here today in New jersey 12 miles as the crow flies from Mid-town Manhattan.

Arnold

[Janis Ruksans]

Muscari anatolicum this season is one of the earliest.
This sp. (LST) was collected very high in mountains (NE Turkey, mid-June, at snow line, over vil. Altiparmak, alt. at least 2500m), most likely new species. Collected by Arnis Seisums and Gerben Tjerdsmaa who both walked up with tent whilst I and Henrik stood in village drinking ice-cold beer (we had only one tent with us) with little botanizing near crazy river and so steep slopes that it was almost impossible to walk up by other road as small pass from village.
Another are from my Iran collection (WHIR) - still without name. Not so easy to identify Muscari.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Muscari in Latvian are named as "pearl hyacinths". Not finding topic "Hyacinths" I decided to use Muscari topic to show few hyacinths.
Both I met at first in Turkmenistan (in Soviet time), but 2 years ago - again in Iran.
The first is Hyacinthus transcaspicus (narrow leaves) from Turkmenistan. Iranioan plants still not bloom.
the next H. litwinowii - the blue one comes from Turkmenistan side of Kopet-Dag ridge, whitish from opposite side - Iranian slopes.
I almost lost my Turkmen stocks from bacterial rot when tried to multiply them by bulb cutting, but alive seedlings, starting to bloom now.
Janis