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Bulb IDs snowdrops, Spanish bluebells etc.

a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
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I have just had a bit of soil moved around my plot and it’s brought lots of bulbs to the surface. I’m going to collect them and replant. 
I had lots of daffs, different sizes, (I think I can identify these) snowdrops and Spanish bluebells. I can’t remember anything else. 
Can you help me identify the Spanish bluebells please, so I can place them very carefully on the bonfire. 
I thought SBs are white and fairly round, so the top photo or the 3rd one? 



Second pic, I think snowdrops. 

Thanks for help. 
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    First pic are bluebells
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Yes second pic snowdrops.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I agree  :)
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    Bluebells, snowdrops, what’s the 3rd then? 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I think you may still have more bluebells in photo 3 but not entirely sure. I may seem strange but a photo is never the same as handling them.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    I’m inclined to think pic 3 is bluebells because of the quantity of them. Pic 1 bulbs (no scale, sorry) are considerably bigger. Any other thoughts? 
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Spanish bluebells are very white, and like a spring onion, up to a small cooking onion.
    Middle photo is not, the top one is, and the third one possibly. All mine came out very white though.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    The shape is so different from the top to 3rd one. It’s a bit confusing.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    The ones in the top picture look like hyacinths to me, particularly the purple ones. Depends on the scale though. New hyacinth bulbs are generally quite big but for me they decline a bit after that, particularly if they were grown in pots the first year. And they are related to bluebells, so maybe some bluebells have purple bulbs. The spanish bluebell bulbs that I dig up every year are always white, with no papery coating.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    Thanks Jenny. What about the shape of the SBs? Round or sort of tulip shaped like pic 3? 
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