It takes seedlings five years to flower, I don't think you should have too much of a problem. On another upside you can cook the bulbs. I love it and wouldn't want to be without it every since I first introduced it to Mums garden 35 years ago, I have it in my own garden now. If you can't get the bulbs by digging then pulling the tops as soon as they come up will weaken the plant and they will eventually stop coming up. The seeds won't blow in the wind unless it's a serious gale. I suspect the people before you like them and introduced them. Sell them to your local restaurant or the local farmers market.
Have recently had an old lilac bush and a couple of unexciting shrubs and stuff removed from a bed and am slowly revamping that shady corner,but have since been overrun by those little bulb 'thingys',and have shifted loads. A gardening friend thought they might be dormant grape hyacinths/ Muscari,but another suggestion was wild garlic? I have also been advised to just let them grow till spring,as both have 'pretty flowers' (!), and then I'll know for sure!! Any thoughts?
If they smell of onion/garlic then they're one of the allium family, but whether they're alliums, wild garlic (ramsons) or garlic chives or Three cornered garlic (allium triquetrum) it'll be hard to tell until they flower (although the Three cornered garlic's leaves are three cornered in cross-section so that'll give you a clue).
If they're muscari then they won't smell of onions/garlic.
But as you say, wait until the spring and then you'll know for sure.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If they're Ramson, then the bulb is shaped like squid and of course smells strongly of garlic.
Looking at this photo is making my nose twitch and my mouth water. I love them and can't imagine ever having too many, that would be like having too many black truffles. If they are Ramsons then use them in your cooking or sell them to the gastropubs in spring.
Grape Hyacinths are starting to grow now and the bulbs are round.
I just know I'm on the wrong forum here - how do I get on the right one !!
Hi, just go to the top of the page, click on Forum Topics and select the most appropriate (it doesn't really matter which) and then torwards the right of the page you'll see a New Thread button. Click on that and post your query - good luck
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It takes seedlings five years to flower, I don't think you should have too much of a problem. On another upside you can cook the bulbs. I love it and wouldn't want to be without it every since I first introduced it to Mums garden 35 years ago, I have it in my own garden now. If you can't get the bulbs by digging then pulling the tops as soon as they come up will weaken the plant and they will eventually stop coming up. The seeds won't blow in the wind unless it's a serious gale. I suspect the people before you like them and introduced them. Sell them to your local restaurant or the local farmers market.
Have recently had an old lilac bush and a couple of unexciting shrubs and stuff removed from a bed and am slowly revamping that shady corner,but have since been overrun by those little bulb 'thingys',and have shifted loads. A gardening friend thought they might be dormant grape hyacinths/ Muscari,but another suggestion was wild garlic? I have also been advised to just let them grow till spring,as both have 'pretty flowers' (!), and then I'll know for sure!! Any thoughts?
I just know I'm on the wrong forum here - how do I get on the right one !!
If they smell of onion/garlic then they're one of the allium family, but whether they're alliums, wild garlic (ramsons) or garlic chives or Three cornered garlic (allium triquetrum) it'll be hard to tell until they flower (although the Three cornered garlic's leaves are three cornered in cross-section so that'll give you a clue).
If they're muscari then they won't smell of onions/garlic.
But as you say, wait until the spring and then you'll know for sure.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If they're Ramson, then the bulb is shaped like squid and of course smells strongly of garlic.
Looking at this photo is making my nose twitch and my mouth water. I love them and can't imagine ever having too many, that would be like having too many black truffles. If they are Ramsons then use them in your cooking or sell them to the gastropubs in spring.
Grape Hyacinths are starting to grow now and the bulbs are round.
Hi, just go to the top of the page, click on Forum Topics and select the most appropriate (it doesn't really matter which) and then torwards the right of the page you'll see a New Thread button. Click on that and post your query - good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.