I do not remember any flower being in this part of my beds other than the annuals I had planted. What almost appeared to be grass started growing in the past week or two. I went out and carefully dug up one "bunch" and this is what I found. I am wondering if anyone has any idea what it could be and if I should dig them, let them dry and replant them? Or should I leave them be? They are in an area which I was hoping to dig up to plant some tulip and dafodil bulbs.
maybe crocus or muscari??? Mine stay green all year long, even after the blooms have gone.
Here is a close up of the largest bulb with my hand gage size.
They have not bloomed that I know of. Do you think I should go ahead and dig them, dry them, seperate them, and replant them?
I had a few crocus sprout this month, it's annoying!
Oh my! I just remembered that in the spring, when I was helping my sister in her gardens we dug up a bunch of tiny bulbs and she wasn't sure what they were. She gave them to me and I took them home and put them all around the edge of my gardens. Do you think this may be them?
They're most likely from your sister...so now we have to find out what they are?! Does your sister still have some of the bulbs in her garden and, if so, have they grown and bloomed?
Curious, just like a kitty...
Jan
There are fall blooming crocus. Maybe that is what you have there.
She had just moved into her place mid summer 2006. Early 2007 they did bloom. She was unsure if they were crocus or somthing else. It was late spring when we were digging up the entire bed that they had been in and she gave me all of the bulbs. (unless we missed a few?) They were just the bulbs in the ground at that time-no green growth. She should be on Dave's in a couple more hours and I asked her to look at this thread. We will see if she has any information to add to the puzzle. She is Jeannie63 BTW
The two on the left look like Muscari to me. They will frequently send up new green growth in the fall after blooming in the spring.
I havew never heard of Muscari. I also did not see the flowers when they were in bloom. Hopefully my sister will get in from the garden soon. She will look her and then do an image search I am sure. She should know if that is what they were.
Muscari tend to put out foliage in the fall, mine always do. The bulbs look just like that, too.
They were Glory-of-the-Snow (chionodoxa). I have some out in my side garden that are sending up shoots now. I think it is the unusually warm weather we have been having.
Ah, now I do remember her figuring out that was what they were. Ok, so now we all know what my bulbs are. Thanks for all the interest.
Ah-ha! When all else fails, go to the source. :-) Muscari is frequently known as grape hyacinth. Here's one:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/692/
My Muscari are sending up leaves now too.....I have them all over the place. I guess the leaves of Glory of the Snow must be similar since you're certain that's what they are (I thought those had a flatter, broader leaf), but I agree the bulbs and foliage look exactly like my Muscari.
maybe wild onions?
Could it be "Starflower" (Ipheion species or hybrid)? They green up in fall and bloom the next spring.
We are fairly certain they are Glory of the Snow. I will try to remember to post back in the spring when they bloom. I am going to put a colored popsicle stick by one of the clusters to remind me.
My Grape Hyacinths have come up also. This pic was taken yesterday.
Nana3
This message was edited Oct 14, 2007 9:12 AM
Maybe spider lilies?
My newly planted Croci are starting to sprout, they should bloom in three weeks. Fall Croci are unpopular because most bloom first, then the flower falls over. I tried to get leaf first but made one mistake. Most are Crocus cartwrightianus sativa (Saffron). Some have no leaves at all until spring. A few species are totally arbitrary, they grow the way they choose.
PS my new Muscari are YELLOW
My fall crocus selections are also coming up and starting to bloom. I interplanted(?) them with spring blooming ones, so that I wouldn't have whole patches of bare crocus leaves in the spring. The fall flowering ones are not as hardy, however, so I may not see them in the spring anyway....
The two on the right look like Sternbergia lutea to me (also the single shot)--I just mistakenly dug some up here just this weekend. The 2 on the left do not look the same to me. Just my 2 cents worth. Ipheion bulbs are never that dark way down here....
Debbie
Your mystery flower looks like something I planted this summer.
They haven't bloomed yet but are also up and look just like yours do.
Mine are called Wind flowers.
I planted some Anemone blanda last fall that were also called Grecian Windflowers, but both bulb and leaves looked quite different.
My Muscari (grape hyacinths) have started sprouting now, too.
Did they look like this http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/3663/ when they bloomed? These are Glory of the Snow.
I thought they looked like wild onions too. Here's a link for them. http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/ppdl/weeklypics/3-10-03.html
yes, they looked like the first one! Glory of the Snow :)
I also have foliage coming up for my "Naked Ladies" or "Hurricane Lilies" or "Surprise lily", or "spider lily" plants. It looks like oversized crocus foliage, at about twice or three times the width (maybe a quarter inch wide), and fairly long length. The foliage remains all winter then dies away. In the early fall, the flower stalks emerge and "surprise"! there are little red lilies on a stalk. They are in the amaryllis family, I believe.
Laura
They are starting to get flower scape's on them now and it looks like the very first thought of Muscari would be correct! :)
Silly us! We should have known...
Hope you decided to keep all of them!
Oh yes I did and I can't wait for them to open up in the next week or so!!
Here's one from my balcony garden today. I planted a LOT of grape hyacinths last fall!
Oh, pretty!! I see some tulip buds in there too!!
Be sure to take a pic when they're full-out blooming. Can't wait to see how they look in your landscape!
Thanks! I planted tulips and lilies too. I can't wait to see them bloom!
Will do! I added a lot of new early bulb type stuff last fall. It is fun seeing it all come up and flower.
