They grow their leaves to feed the bulbs then they flower with no leaves you could try planting them back but I don’t know how they will react to the disturbance.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
If that's normal sized kitchen paper, they look pretty big for autumn crocus. Mine are nothing like that size, and I had to lift some recently while in flower.
Best planted, and labelled, anyway, and see how they get on.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks everyone. I don’t think they are autumn crocus. I looked them up and the leaves are quite different. The leaves appeared early April, and died down in September. I dug them up expecting them to be dormant now, but new leaves already sprouting, and almost 2inches long. No signs of flower stalks. I’m replanting, so will see what happens in spring.
Those ones look like the small offsets of spanish bluebells (or maybe self-sown ones). I dig loads out every spring when the leaves pop up to show me where they're lurking.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Could the bulbs in the original picture be muscari, possibly one of the larger types? They often start sprouting leaves in the autumn.
I did wonder if they might be colchicum (common name autumn crocus although they aren't actually crocuses). They have broader, lighter green leaves than true autumn crocus as shown in @Lyn 's picture. But they would be putting up flowers not leaves at this time of year.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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Best planted, and labelled, anyway, and see how they get on.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.