Anyone know what this is?

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I've been sent this as a gift but no note as to what it will be. Any ideas? Thanks!

Hyacinths maybe or Narcissus.

Hyacinths?

Miniature Daffodils I think.

Will be nice if you send us a pic once they open .. feel they are Hyacinths though they look too small! So I need to know 😅

Narcissi. If you look closely a few have a tinge of yellow to them.

Thank you everyone! Am I ok just keep them in the pot they've arrived in then? Are they best inside or outside? Will they come back every year?

The bulbs at the back look like daffodils.

The bulbs at the front might be chionodoxa.

Repot in fresh compost in September if you want them to stay in the container, otherwise plant them in the ground after they have flowered. Either way, after flowering, give them a feed to build up the bulbs for next year.

Agree - too small for daffs.

Definitely two different types of bulbs. At the back looks more like daffodils/narcissus but no idea for the front.

However my eye keeps being drawn towards something blue... was that was a gift too 😯

They'll be fine inside or out.

They will come back every year for a few years then sort of peter out.

I’d keep them inside this year. Small amount of water as the moss will keep them moist.
Then in September/October plant them out in the garden. They will multiply over the years if they are outside with more soil to grow.

Were you also sent the Lego and crisps. Lovely

Daffs are Narcissi

Oooooo! The house from Up as a Lego set!

The bulbs will be fine in the house as some lovely spring colour, OP.

I would have said Scilla (or Chionodoxa). Too small for hyacinth. Could be daffs but the bulbous bases if the ones at the front don’t look like daffs.

https://www.clare-bulbs.co.uk/cbc%20info%20sheet%20narcissus.htm#:~:text=Narcissus%20are%20smaller%20than%20daffodils,dwarf%20varieties%20to%20choose%20from.

I've had another thought. The bulbs at the front might be mini tulips.

I know tete a tete is very small so I googled it for daff/narcissus definition.

Narcissus 'Tête-à-tête' is one of the most popular dwarf daffodil varieties available.
https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/narcissus-tete-a-tete/

Narcissus is the genus to which all species of what we normally refer to as daffodils belong. It's merely confusing to say that they're Narcissi because they're "too small for daffs" especially when there are species of daffodils which are 10-15cm high (4-6inches) . See for example "hoop petticoat daffodil".

Our own wild daffodil, at less than 12 inches high, would be classified as "not daffodils" by your link.

Hi, I have an app on my phone called 'Picture This', I've taken a picture it's a Hyacinth. recommendations as to where to keep it, Living Room, Balcony, Porch. My daughter gave me one for Mother's Day, it hadn't flowered yet but a week later it exploded into flower, smells gorgeous!

I call the narcissi that look like daffodils "daffodils", even though I know they are narcissi. The daffodils that don't look like daffodils I call "narcissi". 😂

(see also the geranium/pelargonium debate, and the rosemary/salvia nonsense)

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We have wild daffodils?? 😳

Do you know if it's possible to buy them (from responsible sources)? I am assuming our native pollinators would prefer these to the more showy ones that gardeners tend to plant.

We have wild daffodils?? Yes. Not widespread nowadays, Gloucestershire and lake District mainly. (What did you think Wordsworth was talking about? )

Yes, they're readily available from responsible sources. Narcissus pseudonarcissus. Try places like Naturescape or the other wild flower suppliers. They naturalise in grass very well - my lawn is full of them. I don't know whether they're better for our native pollinators, but they don't fall over after heavy rain. over like the tall ones do.

You really cannot accept the word of an app on a bulb which is not yet in flower.

Yes, I think a lot of people do that. I think you're talking about the "poeticus" division with white outer petals and minuscule orange "trumpet" are often called "Narcissus" though also widely known as "Poet's daffodil".

Geranium/Pelargonium is incorrect naming - I presume that Pelargonium were originally in the genus Geranium but were moved out ... yes they were, but were moved out in 1789. Gardeners mus have long memories

Nasturtium is another similar - "Nasturtiums" are Tropaeolus whereas Nasturtium is a genus in the Cabbage family which includes watercress.

Rosemary was the other way around - two separate genera on the basis of physical characteristics, found to be the same genus on the basis of DNA. So now Rosmarinus officinalis is now Salvia rosmarinus - that was a bit of a shock to the system.

Sorry. I was one of those children who sorted smarties into separate colours before eating. I like everything in its place. There's probably something deeply wrong with me.

Thank you @MereDintofPandiculation! I know what I will be buying for my new house this year