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Plant ID help, please

Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
edited December 2023 in Plants
While cutting down the Wild Geraniums yesterday, I saw that the Daffodils start to come out. Last week, I saw already these coming out, but what is their name? I actually never kept their name. It's another type of the Allium family I believe to remember. Can you help me?
They get around 1 meter high and the flower stem is a half a meter long and has got many flowers that start from the bottom and take around a months until the top is reached.



Thanks a lot.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Can’t see clearly how many ‘petals’ each flower has … looks a bit like Camassia which has 6 … but here it normally flowers in May/June … but perhaps the odd seasons have confused yours? 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    could you take a pic that shows the whole plant?


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    If it is Camassia it could be making the most of the wet conditions?
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It would be very odd for a camassia to be flowering just now. It's completely the wrong time of year.
    Perhaps it's been sitting dormant because the soil's never been moist enough for it to thrive. They won't do well unless the soil's consistently damp. Mine start to flower around May.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    Excellent @Dovefromabove @GardenerSuze @nutcutlet and @Fairygirl
    That’s the name I was looking for. 
    Of course the plant doesn’t flower now but the green starts. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ah I understand. When you said they were ‘coming out’
    i thought you meant they were flowering now … but you meant they’re appearing out of the ground … my mistake. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Simone_in_Wiltshire said:
    Excellent @Dovefromabove @GardenerSuze @nutcutlet and @Fairygirl
    That’s the name I was looking for. 
    Of course the plant doesn’t flower now but the green starts. 
    That photo got us confused.🙄It's quite normal to have Camassia starting to appear now, along with many other bulbs (aliums, daffs, etc.).
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    @Papi Jo this is the only picture I have found. Yes, @Dovefromabove a real gardener observes every detail 😀

    I ♥ my garden.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Interesting re the comments about new growth appearing at this time of year. The foliage/new growth doesn't do that. Around March, or perhaps late Feb at the earliest, with flowering starting in mid to late May and through June.
    I'm going to look in the new year and see if there's signs of growth earlier than that though!   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    Yes, @Fairygirl, they start coming out of the ground and you need to know that they are there otherwise you can break easily the early growth.
    Eremurus / Foxtail, start late November.
    Narcissus and Camassia start in December.



    Echinacea start in January.



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