Dumb question :)

I got something in a trade labelled as "glory of the snow". I was thrilled to see something that resembled a daylily in my garden that had buds. The only obvious difference is that the buds were shaped like eggs. When they popped open, the coloring was somewhat like a fried egg-very yellow in the center with white petals. They opened in the day and closed at night. I didn't get a picture before they finished. When I look up the above common name or Chinodoxa I find blue flowers. What do I have?

Sounds like it may be a species tulip. Maybe turk.?



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This message was edited Tuesday, Apr 22nd 12:53 PM

That is a great guess, but not it. :) These have really white petals, I think 6-7 petals with a yellow orange 'yolk' center. I kept meaning to snap a pic and just never got to it. boo hoo. They just bloomed last week along with the daffs and before the tulips. hmmmm

Did they look like this?

Or this?

Hi Nature! I think you got them in your second pic! What are they??

Here's my glory of the snow ("Chionodoxa luciliae"), they are blue:

It is a species tulip, Tulipa dasystemon Tarda, or Tulip Tarda. It is a rockgarden species. I just picked them up last fall, so this is the first year they have bloomed. Aren't they lovely? I am falling in love with the species tulips. I only have four varieties, but I love them all. They do tend to like full sun to open though. They close at night, refusing to open until the sun has been on them for a while, and they stay closed on cloudy days. Guess you got a mis-named suprise! Lol! The person who sent them probably didn't know the label was wrong. Enjoy them!

naturepatch

Ha! I almost got it! lol

hmmm..........my picture mysteriously disappeared.

Branka, yours are the ones I kept finding when searching. LOL Those are lovely! Mine are indeed the second ones that Nature posted. I will have to revise the name tag. I love surprises. :)

Squill???????

"eyes"

Mine looks a lot like squill but it's not, it blooms later. I really like that yellow one. This is another good example in the debate of common names vs. latin names :). I try to use the latin names but still use both.

If it is my yellow you like, maybe we could exchange a few of these as well with our soon to be trade?