ムスカリ Muscari

ムスカリは鮮やかな青紫色の花が春の花壇を彩り、チューリップなどほかの花を引き立てる名わき役といってもよい花です。丈夫で育てやすい秋植え球根で、丸い壺形の小花が、ブドウの房のように密集して咲く様子も愛嬌があります。花壇の縁取りやマッス植えなど、ある程度数をまとめて群生させると、さらにそのよさが発揮されます。植えっぱなしでも毎年よく咲き、グラウンドカバーとしても利用しやすく、青いカーペットを敷いたような景観がつくれます。

ムスカリ属には40～50種がありますが、M・ボトリオイデスとM・アルメニアカムが最も多く一般的で、濃紫から淡青、白花などいくつかの品種があり、香りの強いものも見られます。そのほか、羽毛のような花が咲くハネムスカリや、花房の上部と下部で色が異なる2色咲きなど、ユニークな種類もあります。

Muscari is a flower with a bright blue-purple flower that colors the spring flower bed, and is a famous flower that complements other flowers such as tulips. It is a strong, easy-to-growing autumn-planted bulb, and it has a small, bowl-shaped floret that blooms densely like a bunch of grapes. If you gather some numbers, such as flower bed outlines and mush plantings, you will be able to make it even better. Even if it is planted, it blooms well every year, and it is easy to use as a ground cover, creating a landscape like a blue carpet.

There are 40 to 50 species of Muscari, but M. botryoides and M. Armenia cam are the most common, and there are several varieties such as dark purple to pale blue and white flowers, and some with strong aroma are also seen. There are also other unique types, such as Hanemusculi, which has feather-like flowers, and two-color blooms, which differ in color at the top and bottom of the flower cluster.