{"id":164,"date":"2016-05-28T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryahernartist.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/28\/looking-closely\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:19:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T20:19:22","slug":"looking-closely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryahernartist.com\/garden-blog\/looking-closely\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking closely at Grape Muscari"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Muscari<\/a>

Muscari armeniacum<\/p><\/div>\n

Grape muscari<\/strong>, otherwise known as Grape Hyacinths live close to the ground. For years I never took much notice of them except for the little spots of brilliant purple that bounced so nicely against the bright yellow daffodils they bloomed along with in April.<\/p>\n

Then I got down. Hands and knees down.<\/p>\n

What a surprise! How intricate the little flowers are. Little bells dance around a central stem forming a small pyramid. This inflorescence changes shape as it ages and can be more and less tightly knit.<\/p>\n

The individual purple doesn’t seem to change on each bell but the overall purple varies when viewed at a distance based upon the tightness of the overall flower.<\/p>\n

\"Muscari<\/a>

Muscari azureum<\/p><\/div>\n

I enjoyed these 4″ bulbs so much in my garden that I bought a bag of them from Costco one year and low and behold the next spring the flowers that bloomed were very different from my originals. They were more blue than purple and were more rounded than pyramidal.<\/p>\n

So I googled Grape Muscari and found a world of cultivars I didn’t previously know existed. That’s one of the things that is so much fun about gardening. You are constantly in a learning mode. You are in for surprises every year and every season. The knowledge and information you acquire just keeps on growing, along with your garden.<\/p>\n

So now I know that so far in my garden I have Muscari armeniacum<\/strong><\/em> and M. azureaum<\/em><\/strong>. Next year I’m sure to have more.<\/p>\n

When I made my Digital Mixed Media Painting of my Grape Muscari I was careful to recreate the basal growth of the leaves. It would not have been accurate if I’d placed the leaves higher on the stem. The painting would have looked like a plant Frankenstein. As a Garden Artist, that is not what I’m trying to create.<\/p>\n

You can view this Grape Muscari Designer Print artwork and others too in my online Shop!<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Grape<\/a>

\u00a9 Mary Ahern. Grape Muscari. Prints available in my Art Shop in various sizes on canvas, fine art paper, metal and acrylic.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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