Tuesday, April 19, 2011

What Is It?




For the last 10 years these flowers have appeared in my garden in early spring, often before the purple blooms of the crocus. Any idea what they are?



My grandma and I have decided they are not snowdrops as these bulbs have multiple flowers on each stem rather than one. They also have lines of blue through them, which makes them, in my mind, absolutely beautiful.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

They are gorgeous! I've never seen flowers like that! Maybe you should email one of the pics into Breakfast Television with attn:Frankie Flowers and perhaps he could help you.

Mz-Cellaneous said...

no idea, but they are pretty. Can you find a flower identifier on google?

Anonymous said...

I'm not sure either! They are gorgeous though! Maybe a local greenhouse staff member may know?

Nicole said...

Pretty! I love the blue stripes. Can't help you though - I'm not familiar as they sure as hell wouldn't grow HERE.

Marilyn (A Lot of Loves) said...

Erm...No idea! I was feeling all good about my flower identification skills today too as I identified another blogger's flower question. These are a mystery.

CoconutPalmDesigns said...

Sorry, I can't help either but they are gorgeous! Loving the blue stripes.

Cheers :-)
- CoconutPalmDesigns

Losing Brownies said...

No idea, but they are pretty!

LisaDay said...

Thanks to MM who informs me these flowers are a variety of scilla.

http://www.learn2grow.com/plants/scilla-mischtschenkoana/

LisaDay

Betty said...

They could be Star Gazers only they are pink and white; same sort of what yours look like. Just wondering do these have a nice smell to them? I had these in my garden and they come up every year and they multiple. I wonder if yours are Star Gazers but over the years have lost their coloury (lack of bees) or, just getting old.

Just something to think about.