I have a bunch of this growing in lava rock beside the house. I assumed it was crabgrass, untill I started pulling it out, and noticed the flowers (white and blue) and the bulb-like structure. Southwest Washington state. It is pretty shallow growing, above the weedshield.
There is nothing planted here, aside from the boxwood (blech). Sorry about the photos. Imageshack and photobucket are not cooperating tonight. Seems to be more important for the ads to load than my pics.
HI there. Just a guess, but the first and last picture could be Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Mine a fuller (more flowers) but are very mature clumps. Maybe these are immature plants.
The middle picture (the purple flower) looks different. Is it the same plant for sure?
Perhaps there was an old spring bulb bed there before the rocks and there are different cultivars there.
If they are bluebells, they are very hardy and come up everywhere for me, and I have transplanted them multiple times and put them thru hell. They are pretty though. Mine are ready to bloom.
Well, that is my guess. Hopefully a botanist will come by soon!
Is it warm where you live? I have a crabgrass infestation and it’s all totally dormant right now, in Ohio. This articlesays it doesn’t start to germinate until the soil is 60 degrees.
I think any type of wild onion would have leaves that are round, not flat. I think you mean something like "star of bethlehem, perhaps.
Some Allium (wild garlic) has a broad leaf, but the flower is different than the op’s flower.
The wild allium in my garden always blooms in the summer, sometimes later, but the bluebells are just ready to pop in a few/couple days. The allium are showing no signs yet.
Especially after applying RoundUp. Fortunately garlic/onion relatives have a pretty distinct smell that you can notice by smelling the leaves, perhaps rubbing/crushing them if need be.
Good lord. It also looks similar to Death Camus. The name is a hint. Lots of poisonous plants out there. Most are just unpleasant effects but small amounts of some plants can leave you with permanent damage or kill you. Do you lick porcupines?
I crushed one and gave it a sniff, nothing. I did notice some Hyacinth like plants growing in the cracks in the driveway. Same green bits, but different flowers. I think I’ll just live and let live here for a while. Except for the horsetails. They gotta go.
Fortunately garlic/onion relatives have a pretty distinct smell that you can notice by smelling the leaves, perhaps rubbing/crushing them if need be.
