MUSCARI macrocarpum. Turkey and the Aegean. Pretty as it is, the common grape-hyacinth, Muscari neglectum, is not all this genus has to offer. M. macrocarpum is quite distinct. It grows from larger bulbs—sometimes 2" broad—though it makes similar colonies in time. The leaves are not grassy but stouter, up to a foot long and tapered, curving out and down to the soil line. They are also grey-green in color, unusual for the genus. In early spring it produces 6-8" stems with up to thirty half-inch urn-shaped blossoms. These are purple in bud, becoming soft yellow when expanded. They have a delicious fragrance, combining elements of citrus, bananas, and who-knows-what else. Sun, most soils, preferably no irrigation in summer, when the bulbs are dormant. Hardy to 10oF. or less.