Muscari neglectum - Grape Hyacinth - (Liliaceae)

Muscari neglectum

Growing wild throughout the Mediterranean, this is another favourite from our gardens at home. The forms found growing in abandoned fields, scrub and rocky places are much darker than our culitvars - some being almost black.

Grape Hyacinth is also found throughout other parts of southern and central Europe, including Slovenia.

A group of Grape Hyacinths

Common Grape Hyacinth, a member of the Lily family (Liliaceae,) can be found from February onwards in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsular.

Ths field was photographed in April in the Algarve, in southern Portugal .