Grape hyacinths in sculptural pot.
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The Gardener's Grape Hyacinths
The Gardener’s Grape Hyacinths
I pause to take in
the grape hyacinths edging the driveway.
How many years have I walked
by this front yard garden
and not seen these harbingers of spring?
Could it be that the generous rains of late
awakened dormant bulbs?
There are signs the gardener has departed,
absent for many months—
street-facing shades closed,
no casual conversations about
his beloved gerbera daisies.
Without his careful tending
they have vanished.
Yet, the gardener greets me
with his brilliant blue grape hyacinths
planted untold years ago
and for this time.
Sue Martin
February 2023
Epilogue: Yesterday I knocked on the gardener’s front door. Indeed, his brother-in-law confirmed the gardener departed at age 93. He could not explain the grape hyacinths but invited me to return later and dig some bulbs for my garden. We also spotted one gerbera daisy blooming on this winter day.
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They've been repotted (for now, will move them later) and are looking bootiful 😘
Also!! I didn't know they were bulb plants!!!
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Chaos Protected
The ground was on fire.
Yellow, red, white—even blue flames burst towards the sky.
All life would be consumed if Fuzz Bumble, greatest magician of those early times, didn’t act fast.
Fuzz wasn’t exactly known for zir quick decisions: zir soft, round body usually bobbed on the air like a yellow-and-black buoy that had long forgotten its purpose. Magic or not, if you’d asked anyone if Fuzz was the right being for the fate of the world to depend on, they’d have found the gentlest, politest way to say no, probably not.
But the fire was right there, devouring the last of the tangled colours, the wildness, the joy—leaving only orderly ash.
Fuzz witnessed it by coincidence, the way zir flight brought zem everywhere, and for once didn’t hesitate or dither. The flames transformed into flowers; every spark grew into the yellow, red, white, or blue petal of a tulip or a hyacinth, supported by a sea of cooling green. Thus flowers came to the Earth to protect our artful chaos.
Sadly, the magic required too much of zem, and when the ants and bugs of the forest dared show themselves again, they found a round, winged body lifeless on the soil.
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[Image description: A bed of red, yellow, and white tulips interspersed with blue grape hyacinths.]
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Grape Hyacinth - Animal Resistant, Long Lasting, and Beautiful
Grape Hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) is an early blooming, perennial bulb in the Lily Family (Liliaceae) native to southeastern Europe. Not a true Hyacinth, the common name comes from the resemblance of the clusters of the small, bell-shaped, cobalt-blue flowers to upside-down clusters of grapes. Grape hyacinth is hardy in zones 3-9.
Many people dismiss these common flowers as they thrive so…
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spring grape hyacinths that are neither grapes or hyacinths
funny how that happens
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