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New shoots ID please

anna146anna146 Posts: 22
in Problem solving
Good afternoon all. I have a lot of what look like bulb shoots emerging in my garden, but not having planted any bulbs I am at a loss as to what they are. Any help would be appreciated. Apologies but I can't get the images to display the right way up. 
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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Unless someone can ID just from the leaves ( @Silver surferprobably can ) perhaps you could lift one and see if it is roots or bulb and pop a photo on ?
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Pics turned but still not sure what they are.


    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Is it Spanish Bluebell time yet,  I know their leaves are out before the English ones. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @anna146 Not very confident but might be Narcissus Tete a tete. Are you in the south? I do have some in my garden but not as advanced as yours and you can see the buds. Your bulbs could be 'blind' if all you have is leaves. A photo of a bulb should help.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • anna146anna146 Posts: 22
    Thank you all for your responses. I will take one out to see the bulb. Yes @GardenerSuze I am in the south
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    They do flower weeks ahead in the South of the country. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I've been having a look at the bulbs coming up in my garden and those do look a lot like the tete-a-tete daffodils. In mine I can just see the buds starting to show down in the base.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited February 2023
    The folds in the leave are worth studying.  They might be Hemerocallis, they are early into growth.  THey won't have bulbs, just fat roots.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Excavating the root/bulb will show whether they're bulbs or herbaceous perennials at least. There's no growth on the hemerocallis here yet, but I suppose they could be growing in warmer areas. Same for agapanthus which the shoots also reminded me a little of. Crocosmias are growing but they don't look like the shoots in the pic.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I just looked back at the pic and I think I see a daffodil flower bud - circled below. What do you think folks? Am I imagining it?

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