"Spider" wrote in message
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On 27/07/2015 21:38, Phil L wrote:
Re-landscaping someone's garden at the min, laying paving etc and I've
excavated a flowerbed in order to pave over it.
There are hundreds of bulbs there, I've salvaged a bucketful but no idea
what they are, google images isn't helping.

They have no roots coming off the bottom, are pure white, no skin
(tunic?)
they're about 1.5 inches round, they look like new potatoes! also they
have
an indentation on top where previous growth has been.

I suppose the closest match I've found is grape hyacinth, but they seem
to
have a reddish tinge and these have no other colours anywhere other than
white.

if they are grapes I'll probably not plant them here as they tend to go a
bit berserk




Not sure about the reddish tinge, but might Allium be a possibility? You
may find, if so, that they have an onion scent.

I googled allium and most didn't look anything like my bulbs, but then i got
this page up:
http://www.bulbblog.com/big-purple-ball-flowers/
And that bulb on the left (that looks like a spud!) is the spitting image of
mine, although that hand must be a child's as my bulbs are about a quarter
of that size, some are only an inch across

I've got about 50 of them and there must be another 4 - 5 hundred scattered
around the site