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Mystery bulbs

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WobblyLondoner · 04/08/2020 19:37

I've just found this little pile of bulbs lying on the surface of the earth in my garden. Nothing obviously bulb like nearby that they might come from but elsewhere in the garden there are bluebells, allium & lily of the valley. Any ideas as to what they could be? When I started picking them up the ones nearer the bottom had little roots but otherwise they are just like little brand new bulbs.
Any thoughts oh wise ones?

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reservoircats · 04/08/2020 20:29

They look similar to tulips

WobblyLondoner · 04/08/2020 20:50

Thanks @reservoircats. I've had tulips but nowhere near that area. I've just been wondering about allium - if a whole seed head was undisturbed for a year or so could these have developed?

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reservoircats · 04/08/2020 20:59

Maybe! That could be the case. They could also be crocus, they are small. Hope someone more knowledgable of bulbs comes and corrects me!

Knittedfairies · 04/08/2020 20:59

Bluebells?

ThomasHardyPerennial · 05/08/2020 07:56

Grape hyacinths maybe?

MereDintofPandiculation · 05/08/2020 10:13

Yes, could be Allium. I have Allium moly, and they push themselves to the surface in big clusters. If you scratched on and it smelt of onion/garlic, that'd clinch it.

Otherwise grape hyacinth look like that, and possibly snowdrops, except they're large for that.

Not crocus, which have a netted coating to them. And too round for bluebells of that size.

MikeUniformMike · 05/08/2020 10:17

Probably grape hyacinths.
Get a pot and plant them in it and wait until spring.

WobblyLondoner · 05/08/2020 17:21

Was convinced they would turn out to be allium - but no smell. Will get them in a pot.

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