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Grape Hyacinth: Early Spring Spikes of Blue Urn Flowers for Naturalizing

Zones: 2-24, 29-43
Exposure: Full sun or light shade
Water: Regular during growth and bloom

Grape hyacinth's narrow, grassy leaves emerge in fall and live through winter's cold and snow. Small, urn-shaped blue flowers, carried in 8-inch spikes, bloom in spring. Plant bulbs in fall, setting them 2 inches deep and 3 inches apart.

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