Two plants I know nothing about. They are bulbs.

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  1. David M

    David M Seedling

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    I have plants coming up every year that my late wife planted. They are bulbs but I have no idea what they are. I would like to label them. Any ideas ? Thank you.
     

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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    The first ones look like Chionodoxa Bulbs "Luciliae" Glory Of The Snow. Not sure of the second one as the flowers haven't opened yet.
     
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    Eileen it looks like a daff to me :headscratch:
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I agree with Eileen... first one is definitely Chionodoxa. The second one is some form of Narcissus, could be a regular Daffodil
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Chionodoxa luciliae (Glory of the Snow)
    Also up at the top of this page in the black bar under GardenStew click on Plants, then enter Daffodil in the search block, it will come up with 2 pages of Narcissus (Daffodil) photos and growing information.
     
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    Chionodoxa have now been subsumed into Scilla, so the name is Scilla luciliae.
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Palustris, let Frank know so he can make changes in our database.
     
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    Second one is either daffodils or narcissus. Wait til it blooms to be certain.
    Sorry about the spell error. I used the mic to make the reply and didn't re read it.
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Narcissus is the genus that includes plants of various common names including Daffodils.
     
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    Thank you all for the input and at least I know what they are now. I checked on the Narcissus side of matters and after searching around and looking closely at the buds they are Narcissus. I must be going daft not to have known this. I should have waited for them to open. I had completely forgotten what they looked like before. Thanks all.
     
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    Don't worry David your not on your own in this department [​IMG]
     
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    Narcissus was going to be my guess looking at the bud. Daffs are quite a bit chunkier in appearance as they have a lot more bloom to them as a opposed to the tiny trumpet of the narcs.
     
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