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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: jesssands on April 21, 2013, 14:48:57

Title: Can you ID these bulbs?
Post by: jesssands on April 21, 2013, 14:48:57
I have been re-claiming a bit of overgrown garden and I have dug up these few bulbs.
Wondering what they are?
I have stuck them in a tub at the moment, hoping they might be something nice!

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Title: Re: Can you ID these bulbs?
Post by: small on April 21, 2013, 15:13:16
They look like bluebells to me, but presumably you'd have known if you had bluebells in that patch?
Title: Re: Can you ID these bulbs?
Post by: cambourne7 on April 21, 2013, 16:45:44
Something is screaming iris ay me but either way its a nice surprise :-D
Title: Re: Can you ID these bulbs?
Post by: irridium on April 21, 2013, 19:12:27
aren't bluebells more white around the bulb rather than brown ? Plus, I think they're smaller and more elongated.
Title: Re: Can you ID these bulbs?
Post by: winecap on April 21, 2013, 20:29:39
I'm not sure, but could they be giant snowdrops? Not even sure that is the right name for them, but its what I call mine. I think mine have a darker leaf, but if yours have been covered up a bit that could explain it.
Title: Re: Can you ID these bulbs?
Post by: jesssands on April 21, 2013, 20:55:48
YES, there were blue bells in that patch. I dug up some smaller ones and when I saw these bigger ones, I thought they were something else! Never had iris or snow drops there. I didn't know they could grow that big. I have the perfect place for them to go now, on the waste ground by my car! Will get them out of that tub next weekend!

Thank you all x