Like a bluebell, but not (I think)

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2020 edited April 2020

  They look like rather rain battered  Hyacinthoides hispanica...common name Spanish bluebells.
  Which come in blue or pink or white.
  Rather a thug. Very hard to get rid of them once you have them.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=hyacinthoides+hispanica+white&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj10OHArYvpAhVKQMAKHUgSA1AQ_AUoAXoECBkQAw&biw=1920&bih=937
  
  Sadly they cross pollinate the true Hyacinthoides non-scripta...common bluebell, much loved in British woods...which is dainty and scented.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=Hyacinthoides+non-scripta+woods&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjF35eProvpAhXST8AKHa7wCVsQ_AUoAXoECBMQAw&biw=1920&bih=937
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• corianderwhish Posts: 22

  April 2020

  Oh, sounds like it’d be wiser to go for something else. Pity, as they’re very pretty. But thank you for both the ident and the advice, will start the hunt for something else - there’s so much choice I find it almost daunting. C 

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2020

  corianderwhish said:

  Oh, sounds like it’d be wiser to go for something else. Pity, as they’re very pretty. But thank you for both the ident and the advice, will start the hunt for something else - there’s so much choice I find it almost daunting. C 

  Oh excellent.
  I think everyone here will approve of your decision.
  Thank you.

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  April 2020

  Summer snowflake (Leucojum aestivum) might give a similar look, although it flowers a bit earlier (mine are just going over now, hastened by the warm dry weather we've had recently).

  https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/10003/Leucojum-aestivum/Details

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  April 2020

  They look a lot like what the locals here call wild garlic but which Brits call 3 cornered leek.  Check the flower stem and see if it's triangular.  The flowers and leaves certainly look like the stuff I've been nurturing.
  
  Spanish bluebells are generally taller and larger and have more flowers per stem and strappier leaves.

  Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
  

  "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."

  Plato
  

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2020 edited April 2020

  Obelixx said:

  They look a lot like what the locals here call wild garlic but which Brits call 3 cornered leek.  Check the flower stem and see if it's triangular.  The flowers and leaves certainly look like the stuff I've been nurturing.
  
  Spanish bluebells are generally taller and larger and have more flowers per stem and strappier leaves.

  Allium triquetium are very different.
  A triangular stem..on the top from a single place ....a fountain of white flowers with a green stripe.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=allium+triquetrum+flowers+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiqjMiAtYvpAhXm3eAKHa2fCKcQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=allium+triquetrum+flowers+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDoCCAA6BAgAEB46BggAEAUQHlCUhwNY5JsDYKuoA2gAcAB4AIABaYgBxAaSAQM3LjKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZw&sclient=img&ei=v0ioXuqwNua7gwetv6K4Cg&bih=944&biw=1920&client=firefox-b-d#imgrc=8BnMUEZOEqBppM
  
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=allium+triquetrum&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYiprBtIvpAhVPilwKHSFpBFoQ_AUoAXoECBgQAw&biw=1920&bih=944
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  April 2020

  OK but mine are definitely like the OP's picture and have no green strip and a vague garlicky smell but not as strong as ransomes.   I have been experimenting with some in a pot with one of my hostas and it's the only one not chewed by the voracious Vendéen snails!  I shall be increasing it as fast as possible.

  Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
  

  "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."

  Plato
  

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2020

  Maybe corianderwhish would be very kind and add more pics to show the flowers ...when they are not wet and soggy.

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• josusa47 Posts: 3,530

  April 2020

  The Organic Gardening Catalogue and other reputable suppliers can sell you native bluebells, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, which will self-seed and gradually fill the space under your trees, though they don't spread themselves around as recklessly as the Spanish bluebells.  You need to dig deep to get those out.

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