Mm not sure, the leaves look a bit narrow for grape hyacinth and they do have that pale stripe down the middle. I wonder if it could be an ornamental grass, it would make sense as it's in gravel.
No, I'm pretty sure it's not grass. The gravel is just a thin layer that I put there after the trees had been taken away. I am building up the planting there gradually but the bulbs underneath are an unexpected surprise.
They look like crocus to me as well, that lighter line down the middle is a bit of a giveaway and grape hyacinths tend to be floppier looking than that.
Yep, I'd go with crocus too. With the gravel, I'd use a regular liquid feed while they are in leaf and mark the clumps. After the leaves have died back I'd dig them up, scrape the gravel back and improve the soil before replanting, if you want to keep them in that area.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Thank you, Bob, that sounds like a good plan. I do need to move them really as I have now planted a dianthus right beside them before I realised that they were there.
Well, two months later they have finally revealed themselves to be Ornithogalum. White stars that open during the day and close in the evening. Nice but in the wrong place so can I move them 'in the green?'
Oh lucky you - mine are growing under an apple tree, starved of light and water, but they multiply at a rate of knots. Enjoy them while you can (fingers crossed for the sunshine, then move them, or store them (Labelled) in the shed to plant again in the autumn. They're not all that good in planters - too much leaf, and as you say the flowers only open when the sun shines.
They grow in the vineyards in the Languedoc, which might indicate they need to dry out through the summer.
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Mm not sure, the leaves look a bit narrow for grape hyacinth and they do have that pale stripe down the middle. I wonder if it could be an ornamental grass, it would make sense as it's in gravel.
No, I'm pretty sure it's not grass. The gravel is just a thin layer that I put there after the trees had been taken away. I am building up the planting there gradually but the bulbs underneath are an unexpected surprise.
They look like Crocus to me. Feed this year and as you say, if they don't flower next year divide them up.
They look like crocus to me as well, that lighter line down the middle is a bit of a giveaway and grape hyacinths tend to be floppier looking than that.
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Yep, I'd go with crocus too. With the gravel, I'd use a regular liquid feed while they are in leaf and mark the clumps. After the leaves have died back I'd dig them up, scrape the gravel back and improve the soil before replanting, if you want to keep them in that area.
Thank you, Bob, that sounds like a good plan. I do need to move them really as I have now planted a dianthus right beside them before I realised that they were there.
Well, two months later they have finally revealed themselves to be Ornithogalum. White stars that open during the day and close in the evening. Nice but in the wrong place so can I move them 'in the green?'
Oh lucky you - mine are growing under an apple tree, starved of light and water, but they multiply at a rate of knots. Enjoy them while you can (fingers crossed for the sunshine, then move them, or store them (Labelled) in the shed to plant again in the autumn. They're not all that good in planters - too much leaf, and as you say the flowers only open when the sun shines.
They grow in the vineyards in the Languedoc, which might indicate they need to dry out through the summer.
Enjoy.