I made a trip over the Hudson River to meet a friend who had come in from California this morning. On my way back, still on that side, I noticed many fields of a gorgeous blue flower. The blue was sweeping the hillsides and looked like bulbs of some sort. I went to one nursery there, who kept insisting it was crocuses, but I know what they look like and this was a bright BLUE! I then went back down the road to another roadside farm/flower stand where these flowers were in bloom directly across the street. Asked 2 people working there and they didn't have a clue, but said that the flowers had all just opened yesterday. JUST BEAUTIFUL. I then asked them who owns the land there - they said it was just a hill not really belonging to anyone in particular (of course it belongs to SOMEONE, but it wasn't part of a house property or any defined property...). So I went across the street and was going to take just a few flowers to my huge local nursery to have it identified - they know everything there! I was amazed at how easily the bulbs came up with roots intact, so I took a small bunch - you couldn't even notice that any were missing...

My local nursery said it was scilla, and that they sell bulbs in the fall. So, what I'm wondering is... will these bulbs make it through this spring and summer? I have them in a partly sunny/shady spot and will keep them moist.

Here's a few shots of them transplanted into my garden:

scilla?
(click on the thumbnail picture to enlarge)

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hey lynne, those are gorgeous! i wonder if they would grow here?

Lynne,
I have these too!!

Chionodoxa forbesii 'Blue Giant'

Weezie

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Weezie

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WOW WEEZIE - YOU ARE SOOOOO GOOD!

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I only knew the names because I had them!!!!!

With NOT getting any of the bulb stuff, I am semi~doubtfull they will survive/grow???
But, maybe, I'd have to see what you were able to get????
Probably no seeds either!! (*If the flower dies)

If you got the bulb, I don't see why they wouldn't grow for you.... they should finish blooming and die back, don't take away any of the green dying leaves as that's were it's getting it's food to store in the bulb... It'll be in the fall time when they re~root again!
Don't over water too much, they don't like it too soggy!!!

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I put them in a garden where I have forget-me-nots that reseed all over the place. They are just now leafing out -

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Okay, for me, in my garden, I have nothing else around it.....not even forget~me~nots....
CAN BE A GOOD POINT...
CAN BE A BAD POINT...

GP}Seeds from plants aren't shaded by any plants to make new plants come spring time???
Bp} Come the hot part of summer, it's pretty barron, but I know the seeds are not being disturbed???

Best I can say is, try an experiment???
do half with the forgetmenot's and half with out!!

Test,

Send in the results????

I do put some chopped up leaves around them in the fall and very carefully in the spring take them off, sometimes if I'm not quick enough the tiny hairlike green leaves are sticking up thru the leaves???

But don't weed early....

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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