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Nelly the Belly
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Hi, can anyone ID these flowers for me?
The second ones are amongst some Geraniums so these are the leaves you can see (they are not that of the flower).
Thank you ????
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The blue flowers are Campanula persicifolia and I think the little white flowers could be wild strawberry.
i thought the first one might be some kind of campanula. thank you. The second one has a long stem. I need to get a photo of this..will try tomorroW
If it's on tall stalks, it might be Shepherd's Purse, Capsella Bursa Pastoris.
The white ones might be Ornithogalum umbellata Star of Bethlehem.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I agree with Ladybird I think strawberry and campanula
Capsella bursa pastoris..has a stem with tiny flowers which have 4 white petals.....which rules it out.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Capsella+Bursa+Pastoris.&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt_fLJip_UAhWZF8AKHcmFBDsQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=731
Fragaria...Strawberry flowers have 5 white petals...which rules it out.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fragaria+flowers&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjv4smaiZ_UAhUPOsAKHYgZCZUQ_AUIBigB&biw=1536&bih=759#imgrc=TcJT1eheuZ9O1M:
Ornithogalum umbellatum is a bulb....which has 6 petals. they have a single stem with many flowers at the top.
So this gets my vote.
Nelly the Belly...have a hunt for the leaves are they thin?
See links.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ornithogalum+umbellatum++pure+white&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3n6LtiZ_UAhXqJcAKHXJYCiEQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759#tbm=isch&q=ornithogalum+umbellatum.
https://extension.umass.edu/landscape/sites/landscape/files/weeds/stems/otgum1844w.jpg
Hi everyone. Heres more pics of the stalk and leaves (or leaf (could only find one). You can see it's thin,it looks a bit like a chive.
From everones suggestions I would definitely agree with ornithogalum umbellatum
thanks for your help everyone. Another mystery solved ?
Changed my mind.
If you crush the single leaf does it smell of onion?
It looks more like an Allium.
One such as Allium Roseum.
https://www.ispotnature.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/mid/images/20300/784f742c1a30a758991419f7a7a48aea.jpg
Sorry...cannot edit!
Even when I went back in as soon as I posted and saw link hadn't worked.
https://www.ispotnature.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/mid/images/20300/784f742c1a30a758991419f7a7a48aea.jpg
I agree. Definitely looks the same as your link. It has those little pink bulbs at the base of the flower head and yes the leaves smell like onions. Great. Thanks for all the input ?