Leopoldia Species, Feather Muscari, Feather, Fringe Hyacinth, Tassel Hyacinth 'Plumosum'

I planted 6 bulbs in October 2006 and have yet to see a bloom. A few leaves poked their heads out but that's about it. I dug up the bulbs...Read More last Spring after they had died back, let them rest over the Summer and replanted them last September. If they don't bloom this Spring, they're outa here. There are plenty of other plants that perform better with a lot less messing around than this one.

This is probably the most unusual of the muscaris. It has actually been around for 100's of years. Flowers are whispy, feathery plumes....Read More They reach approx 8" tall. They bloom late spring and are more of a dusty rose color.

This is one odd plant. I got 12 tiny, tiny bulbs for free in 1996. They multiplied like wildfire, but never bloomed until 1999, when I ...Read Moregot 2 blossoms. I thought it must be because they just weren't big enough yet. I now have a 2-foot square patch of the leaves, which are at least interesting. Several bloomed in 2001, and 1 in 2003. This year there were about 10 beautiful blooms. I had thought that the reason it didn't bloom much was that it didn't like to have the buds get wet. They would form bud heads at the base of the leaves each year and then these would seem to rot instead of growing. However this year we had nothing but rain for the entire month they were forming the flowers and they were the most beautiful ever. The stems tend to droop sometimes. The leaves are always recurved and concave. I keep thinking I will rip them out, and then they bloom as they did this year, lasting for 2 weeks, and I change my mind.