Giant Grape Hyacinth Novelties and Specialties

Bellevalia paradoxa Dense bud spikes are greenish teal at the top and navy blue at the bottom. Florets open deep purple, growing a narrow yellowish bottom rim as the flower matures. Strap-shaped grey-green 8–18" leaves. Attractive to bees but not to deer. Excellent fragrant little cutflowers. Differs from Muscari grape hyacinths in that the florets that are slightly bell-shaped, not rounded, and the flower and plant are larger.

Needs well-drained soil, sun to light shade. Allow the leaves to die back naturally to feed the bulb. Original range is the Caucasus from eastern Turkey to Iran.

8–12" tall. Mid to Late Spring blooms, Z5-8. 5cm/up bulbs.

6507 Giant Grape Hyacinth

Item	Discounted From	Quantity
A: 10 for $4.80		sold out
B: 50 for $19.20		sold out
C: 100 for $31.20		sold out

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Novelties and Specialties

The Royal General Bulbgrowers Association in Holland (Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur, or KAVB) puts this large group of diverse flowers into a boring catch-all category: Miscellaneous Bulbs. The expensive catalogs call them accent bulbs; some call them minor or dwarf bulbs (even though some of the fritillaries are huge!); Louise Beebe Wilder covered most of them in her 1936 classic Adventures with Hardy Bulbs. Whatever you call them, most are sweet, colorful, and completely welcome in spring.