Golden Fragrance (Muscari macrocarpum 'Golden Fragrance') - yellow flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Golden Fragrance

Muscari macrocarpum 'Golden Fragrance'

Golden Fragrance blooms from March through April.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Mar–Apr
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Hardiness
Zones 4–8
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Low water
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Mature size
8 in × 3 in
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Type
Bulb
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Golden Fragrance

Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 8 in tall and 3 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Golden Fragrance. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Golden Fragrance

Golden Fragrance is a fall-planted bulb: get it in the ground 6 to 8 weeks before the ground freezes, typically September or October in zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8. It pays you back the following March to April.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in September. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Golden Fragrance get?

Illustration of Golden Fragrance drawn to scale beside an adult8 intall5 ft 7 inan adult3 inwide
About 8 in tall and 3 in wide at maturity: shin-high beside an adult.

See Golden Fragrance in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

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One of 6 in the Grape Hyacinth group. Same genus, similar care.

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