See text Muscari is a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia that produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring.

[1] Brian Mathew says that many species of grape hyacinths, including not only Muscari but also the related Leopoldia and Pseudomuscari, are difficult to distinguish.

The flowers appear in the spring and form a spike or raceme, being held in a close or loose spiral around a central stalk.

[5] Classified in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae,[6] the genus was formerly placed in the Liliaceae as a member of the tribe Hyacintheae.

[3] The Muscarimia group are retained in Muscari by the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Naturally found in woodlands or meadows, they are commonly cultivated in lawns, borders, rock gardens and containers.

[citation needed] The UK National Collection of Muscari is held by Richard Hobbs at his Witton Lane garden in Little Plumstead, Norfolk .