I can't figure out what this clump of blue bell-like flowers could be. Anybody have any ideas? It's just one clump and I think it springs from bulbs. It was here when I moved in and dies down in the summer.
What delicate, beautiful little flowers. I don't think that I have ever come across them before. I might hazard a guess that they are in the category of "minor bulbs" that I have seen mentioned in catalogs.
Cheryl do you still have that flipping flower page book I gave you? I wonder if you could find it in there, and no I didn't mean flippin as in a swear, it's a book that you can flip pages to mix and match flower combo's!
Your link to the "bluebell" entry in Wiki led me to Spanish Bluebell and I looked that up and the foliage is identical. So that's what it is. But it's not invasive here. It just sits by itself and blooms. Apparently in the UK it's a problem, hybridizing with the native bluebells.
I can't figure out what this clump of blue bell-like flowers could be.
What delicate, beautiful little flowers. I don't think that I have ever come across them before. I might hazard a guess that they are in the category of "minor bulbs" that I have seen mentioned in catalogs.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, reminiscent of a decorative allium maybe?
ReplyDeleteDo the leaves have any scent?
Cheryl do you still have that flipping flower page book I gave you? I wonder if you could find it in there, and no I didn't mean flippin as in a swear, it's a book that you can flip pages to mix and match flower combo's!
ReplyDeleteHa! I thought you were getting cranky with me :)
ReplyDeleteI have up in my bookshelf behind SammyBird...I guess I could look it up eh?
Ok...the allium I was thinking of (Allium cyathophorum) doesn't fit...
ReplyDeleteSecond guess - Common Bluebell.
Here's the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Bluebell
I'll have to stand on my head to smell the leaves. Just a minute (anything for Cheryl)
ReplyDeleteYipes! It's an invasive plant!
ReplyDeleteYour link to the "bluebell" entry in Wiki led me to Spanish Bluebell and I looked that up and the foliage is identical. So that's what it is. But it's not invasive here. It just sits by itself and blooms. Apparently in the UK it's a problem, hybridizing with the native bluebells.
Thanks for the help.
It's a pretty little plant...
ReplyDeleteHighly susceptible to dandelion attacks though...
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