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Mystery bulbs

Superrad49Superrad49 Posts: 42
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Can anyone please help me identify these two types of  bulbs ? I am digging out a new border and discovered these which I would like to re-plant but prefer to know what they are.

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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    The white ones look like Fritillaria meleagris, no way of knowing whether the flowers will be white or purple.  The small brown ones have me baffled, they look like daffodils only they are too small.  I' m sure someone will know.

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    I agree with Josusa about the white bulbs. The smaller bulbs may be snowdrops. Its worth planting them all and waiting to see what pops up next Spring.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Smaller ones look a bit like Iris reticulata or similar.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    edited September 2018
    Are those knobbly brown bits top left of your picture soil? If not there is a possibility those could be Anemone blanda corms.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Superrad49Superrad49 Posts: 42
    Yea the brown knobbly bits are soil
    Thank you everyone for your help...all bulbs now replanted in new border......am looking forward to the spring to see the results !
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    I don't think you will be disappointed Superrad.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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