Nutcutlet, I have loads of those this year - I planted them a long time ago and they have finally come up, mysteriously, some in the gravel of the drive and I would never have bothered to plant them there. Mine are a very pretty blue. Thanks to Bob for naming them.
Chionodoxa - Ma always called them Glory of the Snow One appeared on our Shady Bank this week - I didn't plant it and there weren't any there last year - well, not that could be seen as it was smothered in ivy then - obviously removing the ivy, and turning the bank back into a flower border has woken it up
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Here in Norwich there are big patches of mixed blue, pink and white ones on the verges of some of the roads into the city - Norwich was once known as 'the city in a garden' and the tradition of planting up verges has continued
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Looks like a Chionodoxa, nutcutlet. They're usually blue but do come in other colours (well, white and pink, anyway!)
Nutcutlet, I have loads of those this year - I planted them a long time ago and they have finally come up, mysteriously, some in the gravel of the drive and I would never have bothered to plant them there. Mine are a very pretty blue. Thanks to Bob for naming them.
Chionodoxa - Ma always called them Glory of the Snow
One appeared on our Shady Bank this week - I didn't plant it and there weren't any there last year - well, not that could be seen as it was smothered in ivy then - obviously removing the ivy, and turning the bank back into a flower border has woken it up 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They are so pretty. I've only seen the blue ones in gardens but I do love the white ones Nut!
I know them as 'Glory of the Snow' too Dove.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Here in Norwich there are big patches of mixed blue, pink and white ones on the verges of some of the roads into the city - Norwich was once known as 'the city in a garden' and the tradition of planting up verges has continued
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks all
I'll make a note of it or I'll be wondering again next year.
I've got another mystery that's nearly out. I'll post when it's ready
In the sticks near Peterborough
Chionodoxa sardonica, sold as Pink Giant, but no-one can see any difference between the species and the named one.
There is also C. forbesii Blue Giant
There is also C.luciliae which comes in blue, white and supposedly pink (never seen that one)
There is C sardensis and C nana which I have never seen either.
There is also a form of C. luciliae which flowers much earlier called C.l. Valentine Day.
Once I knew what I was looking for I had a look through my bulbs list. It is, or was sold as, Chionodoxa forbesii 'Pink Giant'.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Forgot about Chionodoxa x allenii which I think I have got.