A couple of things I'd appreciate help to ID please

Hi all,

Investigating my overgrown garden has found literally hundreds of these (image 01) - they have pale bulbs, none very large. I have also found these in image 02. Does anyone know what they are?

Thanks in advance

 

Looks like wild garlic , give them a sniff they have white flowers later on in the spring



Spruce

 

Look like Bluebells and possibly Tulips. Time will tell.

 

They are the dreaded Spanish Bluebell. Endymion ( Scilla ) hispanicus.

 

Hi Jaffacake,

They look like bluebells to me to. I'm trying to get rid of them from my garden but it's an endless task as they self seed. They are pretty much weedkiller resistant too. If I don't have time to dig them out I break off the flower heads as soon as they appear.

 

Thanks very much for your help everyone,

So, the consensous is they are the Spanish Bluebell? Oh dear! I think they look quite nice - glossy leaves, and with the promise of pretty flowers in a short while. But as everyone describes how they take over, I'll try and isolate some to a pot (or could they still spread around the garden from a pot, by the wind etc?) and start the garden clearing battle with the rest! They come up very easily, the bulbs being about a fork's depth.

It's less clear what the 2nd image is I guess? It looks nothing like my tulips in my front garden, so I wasn't convinced of that, but maybe it's just a different type. I really wanted to get on and clear the unwanted stuff away and improve the soil before I get too busy in my day job, but for the patch of garden in the 2nd image it looks like I'll have to wait a bit to see what it turns into.

Thanks again

 

The common bluebell... Hyacintha non scripta are scented.

The stems are gently bent over and the flowers are on one side of the stem.The flowers are upturned at the tips

To quote wiki..."The common bluebell flowers in April and May. The flowers are lavender-blue, pendulous, tubular with the petals recurved only at the end, and borne on one side of the flowering stem only. The flower stem is 10–30 cm long and bends over at the top. The anthers are yellowish-white or cream and are attached more than halfway up on the inside the tube. The flowers are pleasantly and usually strongly scented."



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Bluebell

Spanish bluebell...... Hyacinthoides hispanica The flowers of these are all round the stem.

Quote from wiki...."It is distinguished from the Common Bluebell by its paler, larger blue flowers, more erect flower stem (raceme), broader leaves, blue anthers (where the Common Bluebell has creamy-white ones) and little or no scent compared to the strong fragrant scent of the northern species.



Hyacinthoides hispanica are crossing with the Common bluebell to create a 3rd called Hyacinthoides x massartiana

This link is very clear and interesting and has good accurate pic of all 3 bluebells.

http://species.bsbi.org.uk/html/hyacinthoides_non-scripta.html

 

You saved me a bit of typing there, thanks.