Muscari ... and some relatives 2010

[Ragged Robin]

Hi Ragged I can tell more about Muscari Valerie Finnis, it was in 1985 when I viseted Wayne Roderick and after making a trip trough the wild we did some gardening in his garden and it then I saw this Muscari  for the first tlme.
In the Summer he send me about all the bulbs he had, we grew it on for a couple af year and because Wayne had told me he got it from Valerie Finnis (Lady Scot) who had fond it in Turkey we wrote on the lable Valerie Finnis and when he stay with us in 1990  he saw the lable and told me I should first ask Valerie Finnes if it was allow to us her name and that is what we did and she was very pleased to give her name.
So in 1993 I think it was it was regetrated by the Nomeclature in Holland.
Wim

Thank you Wim for your real life story of the naming of Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' - I shall love it all the more knowing its history.

[Anthony Darby]

My 'Valerie Finnis' is still in tight bud. Curious about Lady Scot. Different person from Lady Scott (the late Sir Peter Scott's wife, who died in January)?

[Maggi Young]

My 'Valerie Finnis' is still in tight bud. Curious about Lady Scot. Different person from Lady Scott (the late Sir Peter Scott's wife, who died in January)?

Yes, Anthony, though the Scott is the correct spelling.... Valerie Finnis was the wife of Sir David John Montagu-Douglas-Scott (1887 - 1986)
http://www.finnis-scott-foundation.org.uk/history.html

[Janis Ruksans]

Once more Bellevalia sp. collected by Arnis in Syria and
Bellevalia cyanopoda aff.

[Anthony Darby]

My 'Valerie Finnis' is still in tight bud. Curious about Lady Scot. Different person from Lady Scott (the late Sir Peter Scott's wife, who died in January)?

Yes, Anthony, though the Scott is the correct spelling.... Valerie Finnis was the wife of Sir David John Montagu-Douglas-Scott (1887 - 1986)
http://www.finnis-scott-foundation.org.uk/history.html

Maggi, it's amazing how much more interesting a plant becomes when you can put a bit of history behind it. Both Lady Scotts seem to have had their titles shrunk. Sir Peter Scott's wife, Lady (Philippa) Scott was originally Felicity Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby.

[Maggi Young]

Sir Peter Scott's wife, Lady (Philippa) Scott was originally Felicity Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby.

Mmmmm..... seems that we all have a cross to bear! 

[bulborum]

Fount in Corsica
my wife furious
With a rental car after 250 bents on a small road
in between 1000 or 10.000 Allium triquetrum
I stop abrupt the car left from the road
Did you see what I think I saw??  NO what now again
YES YES Muscari comosum  White form
It made my day  No my holly-day
maybe I call it Muscari comosum  White Wave

Roland

[ArnoldT]

Muscari pallens

Arnold

[Ragged Robin]

maybe I call it Muscari comosum  White Wave

So pleased for your wonderful discovery after 250 bends and metres of Allium triquetrum - I like the name too Roland although your wife might have called it a "wave of relief" 

[ashley]

Janis, thanks for showing us these lesser-known muscari and bellevalia, as well as for comments on how they are distinct.  They're all beautiful.  Do you give them all standard growing conditions?

Arnold that's a fine pallens.  I like this species very much but find here that it goes over faster than many others. 

[bulborum]

Hello Robin

I think at that moment she could kill me
this was the 20th or 30th time I stopped
but afterwards she was happy to (maybe just for the fantastic pizzeria I found)

Roland

[Tony Willis]

a late flowering muscari from Crete. There are two bulbs flowering with the second picture showing the spike as it matures and elongates.

Muscari sp.

[Arda Takan]

Hello all

I wanted to ask how  I can notice muscari plant at this time of year.

[fermi de Sousa]

Here's the first flowering of a Muscari from one of the seedexes. But I can't find the label! It was supposed to be M. caucasicum ...I think! I'll have to scour the seed list books!




Any help would be appreciated!
cheers
fermi

[Oron Peri]

a late flowering muscari from Crete. There are two bulbs flowering with the second picture showing the spike as it matures and elongates.

Muscari sp.

Here's the first flowering of a Muscari from one of the seedexes. But I can't find the label! It was supposed to be M. caucasicum ...I think! I'll have to scour the seed list books!

Any help would be appreciated!
cheers
fermi

Fermi
Your Muscari is M. azureum while Tony's is Muscari weissii.