This bulb dies back after flowering each year and enters a period of rest ahead of regrowth the following season.

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained soil (for container-grown bulbs use two parts John Innes No.2 compost to one part sharp grit)
• Rate of growth: fast-growing
• Flowering period: April to May
• Hardiness: fully hardy
• Bulb size: 7/8
  
  Charming, cone-shaped spikes of tiny, mid-blue flowers appear in April and May above the grass-like, mid-green leaves. Grape hyacinths look gorgeous peeping out of a large container, planted with yellow, spring-flowering pansies. Quickly forming small colonies, they're also valuable for naturalising at the front of a sunny mixed or shrub border.
  
  
• Garden care: Plant 10cm (4in) deep in naturalistic groups in autumn. During summer when the bulbs are dormant lift and divide groups that are becoming congested.