Perhaps the Best £14.70 You Will Spend on Your Garden

There is a curious thing about Muscari.

If you asked gardeners to list their favourite flowers, many would name tulips, roses, peonies or lilies. Yet take Muscari away and they will be immediately missed.

Perhaps it is because they appear when colour still feels scarce. Perhaps it is their ability to settle into a garden and look as though they have always belonged there. Whatever the reason, few bulbs give so much pleasure for so little outlay.

Which brings me to this collection. We have brought together four distinct varieties at a value price:

Fifteen Muscari armeniacum Marleen, Fifteen Muscari Siberian Tiger, Fifteen Muscari Latifolium, Fifteen Muscari Peppermint. RRP of this collection, with postage, is £26.80. For you, the full collection of SIXTY BULBS is only £14.70 with free delivery - a saving of 40%.

15 x Muscari armeniacum ‘Marleen’

Produces masses of very large deep cobalt-blue flowers that bring bold spring colour and rich fragrance to the garden. Bulb size 10/+cm.

15 x of the robust and resilient Muscari Siberian Tiger

Boasts strong, pure white flowers, ideal for naturalising. These sturdy blooms bring a crisp, clean look to any garden, standing out against lush green foliage. Bulb size 8/+cm. Awarded RHS AGM.

15 x Muscari 'Latifolium'

Presents a true spectacle with distinct, light blue buds contrasting against dark blue flowers on strong, sturdy stems. The unique broad leaf adds a lush green backdrop, making the blossoms burst even more. Bulb size 7/+cm. Awarded RHS AGM. 

15 x Muscari ‘Peppermint’

Produces compact spikes of soft blue flowers that gently fade to frosty white at the tips, creating a fresh and delicate spring display. The sweetly scented blooms of  ‘Peppermint’ are perfect for edging paths, filling patio pots, or weaving beneath shrubs and taller spring bulbs for layered seasonal colour. Bulb size 9/+cm.

What strikes gardeners about Muscari is the imbalance between cost and reward.

The bulbs themselves are small. The space they require is modest. They ask little of the gardener.

Yet when they emerge, they seem to appear everywhere at once. Along a path. Beneath deciduous shrubs. At the front of a border where little else has begun. They draw the eye because they arrive at precisely the moment the garden needs them.

The purchase takes a moment. The enjoyment lingers for weeks.

Orders will be dispatched by the end of September, each variety, individually bagged and labelled.

Some gardening purchases are expensive and forgotten… but not these sixty Muscari.