Is Grape Hyacinth deer resistant?
Muscari sp.
About Grape Hyacinth
Cheap, reliable and ignored by deer and rodents alike. It sends up untidy leaves in autumn months before flowering, which surprises people the first year.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Water
- Moderate
- Spacing
- 4 to 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Grape Hyacinth
Other bulbs with the same deer rating.
- Calla LilyZantedeschia sp.Zones 8–11, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- CamassiaCamassia leichtliniiZones 4–8Seldom damaged
- Canna LilyCanna sp.Zones 8–11, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- CrocusCrocus sp.Zones 3–8, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- Elephant EarColocasia esculentaZones 8–11Seldom damaged
- GladiolusGladiolus sp.Zones 7–10, genus rangeSeldom damaged
Where Grape Hyacinth grows
Hardy across most of these 50 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Grape Hyacinth
- Is Grape Hyacinth deer resistant?
- Grape Hyacinth (Muscari sp.) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Grape Hyacinth grow in?
- Grape Hyacinth is hardy in USDA zones 4 to 8. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat. That is the range across the genus, so a named species or cultivar may be narrower.
- Does Grape Hyacinth grow in shade?
- Yes. Grape Hyacinth tolerates part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.