heres the first "croakus"

[BobHunt]

flowers!

[Lori Jeffrey]

okay so I thought for sure those flowers are called Hyacinths.

Here is a picture of some "croakus" that are just now blooming in my yard.

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[Cecil Wallace]

Somehow, I agree with you, Lori.
But a hyacinth by any other name is still a hyacinth, huh.

About 6 or 7 years ago, I was "inspecting" an old deserted homestead, and I found plants growing from bulbs there, so I liberated a couple of them and planted them in my flower bed.
I thought that the plants looked like hyacinths. They looked great each year, and multiplied like crazy, but no blooms.
Each year, I said "I'll give you one more year."
Still, no blooms, but I did have several dozen plants.
I threw most of them away, and re-located some, which just continuted to multiply.
Imagine my surprise this morning when I saw these two blooms, on stems about 2 feet high, sticking up through my Japanese Maple leaves.

I think they are hyacinths of some sort, but I haven't researched it yet.
Maybe there's hope after all.
I am sooo pleased that at last I have some blooms.:fav18
okay so I thought for sure those flowers are called Hyacinths.

Here is a picture of some "croakus" that are just now blooming in my yard.

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[Lori Jeffrey]

Cecil,
That reminds me of something that I did when I first moved into my house. We had moved into our first home in April and as I looked around I saw these huge weeds growing and every year since I would cut them down. Well one year I got very busy and didn't get a chance to cut those weeds down. To my surprise here is what my "Weeds" looked like after they blossomed.

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Needless to say I never cut them again and they have been increasing over the years.

[BobHunt]

sorry, but i cant edit this, you may be right! I also have those you posted growing here!

[BobHunt]

I think the one is a tulip LOL and the other a jonquil???Naw that cant be.

[Cecil Wallace]

I think the one is a tulip LOL and the other a jonquil???Naw that cant be.

And why Not?
The first one is a "species tulip" ... would have to look it up before I could give the acual name.
The second one is a jonquil or daffodil, either name being in the Narcissus family. There are some 12 divisions within the family. Your pic appears to be one of the "trumpet" daffodils.

Enjoyed the pics.
Thanks.

[BobHunt]

now you got me confused (which isnt hard to do) is it a daffedill or a jonquil? Please tell me before I "croakas!"

[Lori Jeffrey]

[About 6 or 7 years ago, I was "inspecting" an old deserted homestead, and I found plants growing from bulbs there, so I liberated a couple of them and planted them in my flower bed.
I thought that the plants looked like hyacinths. They looked great each year, and multiplied like crazy, but no blooms.
Each year, I said "I'll give you one more year."
Still, no blooms, but I did have several dozen plants.
I threw most of them away, and re-located some, which just continuted to multiply.
Imagine my surprise this morning when I saw these two blooms, on stems about 2 feet high, sticking up through my Japanese Maple leaves.

I think they are hyacinths of some sort, but I haven't researched it yet.
Maybe there's hope after all.
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Cecil,
I looked through my flower books and I think those flowers are Larkspur. My book says, "They are hardy feeders that must be supplied with compost or well-rotted manure, benefiting from feedings of fertilizer every year"
"These flowers resent hot climates and long, blistering summers."

That may be why it took so long for your flowers to blossom. After relocating them to a shady area, they liked it enough to bloom.

I am not a flower expert, but I love my flower gardens.

Lori:fav16

[Cecil Wallace]

Cecil,
I looked through my flower books and I think those flowers are Larkspur.
That may be why it took so long for your flowers to blossom. After relocating them to a shady area, they liked it enough to bloom.

I am not a flower expert, but I love my flower gardens.

Lori:fav16 Sorry, Lori, but they are definitly(edited to say "NOT") Larkspurs.
Larkspurs are annuals that love sunshine, and I grow them every year.
These are from fairly large bulbs, and have the strap leaves like hyacinth.
Now that I have seen the blooms, I just need to take the time to research the real plant.
I hope to make a report on the subject later today.

But thanks for the try.

[Cecil Wallace]

These are from fairly large bulbs, and have the strap leaves like hyacinth.
Now that I have seen the blooms, I just need to take the time to research the real plant.
I hope to make a report on the subject later today.

Well, I am now convinced that my "mystery plant" is NOT a hyacinth as previously thought.
I cannot find anything in my reference books that resembles it. It is entirely possible that this is an old plant that is not in circulation anymore.
I am gonna send pics to some friends who are really good at identifying such things.

Attached is another pic of the bloom, which seems to go down the stem about 6 or 8 inches, as well as a pic of the basal leaves of the plant.
Maybe some good NazNetter will be able to come up with an answer.

Signed,
Puzzled

[Andrea Larabee]

sorry, but i cant edit this, you may be right! I also have those you posted growing here!

The yellow flowers are typically called daffodils. Growing up we called them Easter flowers because of their timing for blooming

[Cecil Wallace]

Well, I am now convinced that my "mystery plant" is NOT a hyacinth as previously thought. I just checked my "Garden Bulbs for the South" by Scott Ogden, and there it is!
It IS a form of hyacinth after all.
It is listed as a "Hyacinth Squill" and is named "Scilla hyacinthoides"

I am soooo pleased to find not only what it is, but how to make it bloom regularly.
Thanks to Bob's post, as well as this discussion, and my noticing the bloom yesterday, I have a neat plant that I may be able to get to bloom from year to year.

Here's what Mr. Ogden says about it, and a picture from his book:
"In old gardens, you may often see dark green rosettes marking winter beds like rows of lush, glossy starfishes. If you dig up the clumps, they reveal substantial, white, fleshy bulbs with large, visible scales. In many instances, these leafy perennials disappear mysteriously in early summer without ever having offered a bloom, and gardeners are left to wonder for another season what curious flower belongs with this robust foliage.
Sometimes the solution to the puzzle is met along a nearby creek. These same bulbs escape cultivation to naturalize on the loamy terrace soils on moist river sides. Here they receive enough spring moisture to complete flowering. The big bulbs do not disappoint, for in late April they send up impressive, three-foot spikes of starry, lavender flowers. Arranged in loose, pyramidal racemes that open from the base, swarms of hazy lilac blooms and similarly colored flower stems expand below a tight spear of pale green and lavender buds.
This original and dramatic bulbous flower is known as the hyacinth squill (Scilla hyacinthbouides). It's a Mediterranean native that persists indefinitely in Southern gardens but rarely blooms without coaxing. To encourage regular flowering, it's best to lift bulbs annually as the foliage yellows in early June. They may be replanted in autumn in rich, well-prepared ground. If irrigated generously through April, flowering will be ensured. "

Signed,
No longer puzzled (about this)