Muscari comosum ((L.) Mill.)
1. HISTORY/ORIGIN
A plant with a wide range around the Mediterranean and beyond, with a ridiculous number of synonyms. Muscari comosum being one of the more popular.
The bulbs, after some preparation by boiling, pickling and keeping in olive oil are apparently a delicacy in some countries.
Despite the reputation for becoming invasive I had little luck encouraging flowers out of my bulbs. After some years of numerous bulbs developing but no flowers forming, I split up a group, removed all the babies and selected the three biggest bulbs. I then kept them all winter in a cold greenhouse… finally success!
2. FIRST PUBLISHED
First published in Giorn. Bot. Ital. 2(2): 160 (1847)
3. PLANTS OF THE WORLD ONLINE
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537347-1
СOLLECTION NOTES
4. SUPPLIER
Rose Cottage Plants 2015
5. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIER
(Supplied as Muscari comosum). Delightful variety, it’s tasseled flowers having the appearance of French Lavender.
6. COLLECTION PREFIX
0023,
Gardeneasta 