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ID help please!

StaceyjStaceyj Posts: 62
edited April 2023 in Plants
Hello lovely people.
I have two clumps of long thick grass on the green outside my house. They come up in March/Early April every year ahead of the rest of the grass growing and then gradually get lost and merge in with everything else. I've never been able to id them before and they have never flowered...until this year! Now there are really pretty white and green flowers and wondered if anyone knows what they are?


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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    It looks a little like Puschkinia libanotica, @Staceyj but they are more blue striped than green.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Ornithogalum nutans I think. It has a reputation for being thuggish but maybe that doesn't matter in that situation.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Mum had some in her garden . She called them Eidelwiess ( spelling) but I don’t actually know sorry .
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Not edelweiss, they look like this (pic from RHS website).

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited April 2023
    Ornithogalum sp...note the green on the back of the petals.
    Maybe Ornithogalum nutans?


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithogalum_nutans.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithogalum_umbellatum

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/11962/ornithogalum-umbellatum/details

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    bcpathome said:
    Mum had some in her garden . She called them Eidelwiess ( spelling) but I don’t actually know sorry .
    See also post above.
    I agree with Jenny.....not  Leontopodium nivale, common name  Edelweiss,
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Ladybird4 said:
    It looks a little like Puschkinia libanotica, @Staceyj but they are more blue striped than green.
    See above posts.

    Pics to show blue strip on Puschkinia libanotica.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    @Silver surfer, thank you so much for putting me right
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • judykaiser819judykaiser819 Posts: 12
    Drooping star of Bethlehem aka Silver Bells

  • StaceyjStaceyj Posts: 62
    Thank you everyone for all your comments and help. Ornithogalum nutans, Drooping star of Bethlehem it is!!!

    Strange it has been here for years and never flowered before. Maybe the very dry, hot summer followed by the cold, soggy winter were ideal conditions for it.
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