Solved What is this weed, please?

I'm pretty sure it is a weed. It's growing in my garden. No visible leaves. Just a stalk and lots of star shaped white flowers.

Does anyone have any notion as to what its name is, please?

 

May be a type of Allium ?

 

Oh flippin ‘eck … I know what it is … can’t remember it’s name … yes I can … it’s Star of Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum | common star of Bethlehem Bulbs/RHS Gardening

Can make itself a bit too much at home if it’s happy, but a pretty thing

 

Another one of those things that takes hold...a bit like muscari. Whenever you dig in the garden, there is always these and muscari bulbs. Not too nasty though, as it's nice to see some colour

 

Thankfully there are some new varieties of Muscari who don't spread...I have planted White Magic and they have stayed put for three years.

 

Oh great! Thank you all so much. It is in my friend's garden as well - she's 87 and asked me what it was. She'll be rapt!! Good on you @Dovefromabove !!

Enjoy what's left of Sunday.

 

Hope it’s ok to post my query on this thread.
I’m ducking as I say it but I have Muscari and love them. My problem with them is that the leaves always flop. Any advice please?

 

Hello @Brenda, it could possibly be due to a lack of moisture if that location gets a lot of sun. Try watering them if it’s been dry and add a mulch of compost or bark to help to retain moisture. The ones in my garden seem to prefer the nooks in sandstone block edging which are moist. Hope this helps. You can stop ducking now !

 

Hi @Plantminded. Many thanks for your reply, they certainly are in a dry south facing bed so it may be too dry for them. I also wondered if I haven’t planted them to the required depth. May try moving them to a less dry bed for next year.
Thanks again. Head now held high!!

 

Don't worry you will have plenty in the years that follow, mine are in a sandy peaty soil
And are thriving while they multiply . I moved some from a too sunny spot 3 yrs ago . Must have left some loose bulbs .I've more than I moved now from where l moved them from ,

Good job I don't mind them

 

@Brenda Muscari are known for having untidy floppy foliage. The common grape hyacinth is a weed and bent on world domination (personal opinion). Other Muscari are well behaved stay where you put them, but all have floppy foliage.

 

I agree with @NigelJ - they often have quite floppy foliage. Bit like many snowdrops. The blue ones are everywhere round here. There's a taller variety too, which has a darker, bi coloured 'head' but I can never remember which one that is

I also have a white variety [can't remember the name] as I don't like blue, and they're rather too well behaved!

 

@NigelJ @fairygirl thank you for your input.
So far the Muscari are staying put. I’ve often been tempted to trim the leaves short but I guess that’s not good for the bulbs.
The most rampant bulb I have is the white(blue)bells my neighbour gave me some years ago. I don’t know if they’re English or Spanish but they are popping up in all the flower beds. Their leaves flop too!! I do like them but will need to dig some up.
I think my neighbour has come back to haunt me in the form of the white(blue)bells!!

 

The white ones are more likely to be Spanish hybrids, because native ones aren't as rampant in any colourway. We see them round here on grass verges, and they appear before the native b'bells which also makes them more problematic.
I suppose it al depends on how you feel about them, but if they're blocking other plants long term with the foliage, it's probably a good idea to try and get on top of them. Did your neighbour not like you @Brenda

 

Very funny @fairygirl. He was always bringing in pots of things for me. I did begin to suspect that he was digging them up from the wild, which was worrying!!
I suppose I was guilty of not asking where he got things from!!