FoliageGrape Hyacinth
Muscari armeniacum
Grape Hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 4-8, that matures to about 0.5-0.8 ft × 0.3-0.5 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect blue, pink and purple blooms in spring. It attracts bees, stands up well to black walnut, drought and poor soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 4-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 0.5-0.8 ft × 0.3-0.5 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Blue, Pink, Purple, White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Bees
- Tough against
- Black walnut, Drought, Poor soil
- Native to
- Western Asia, southeastern Europe
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Grape Hyacinth is hardy to about -30°F (estimated from USDA zone 4), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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