On 23/01/2013 20:35, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
On 23/01/2013 19:09, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:46:55 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

On 23/01/2013 18:12, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:26:47 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2013-01-23 16:17:50 +0000, Bob Hobden said:



I can't say I've noticed any spots on ours, just pure white. I'll
take
a closer look in a month or so.

I don't recall any spots on ours, though there's a variety called
Gravetye which has yellow spots. Otoh, here's a photo of Allium
trifolium take in USA. David's find may be bowed down by snow &
cold if
it's this!
http://www.nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-...p?imageId=2802

That's not the A. trifolium I know. Maybe I got the name wrong. On
further research, yes, I have! Internet let me down the first time.
Try A. triquetrum. Lots of images here http://tinyurl.com/beqxvn2

(I was mislead by this:
http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/493...cornered-leek/)


No.
I thought you had it till I looked at the young flowers, in the link you
posted they form as small bids on the stem, in my pic. they are sheathed
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...nflowers06.jpg

David

Not sure which of the two links I posted you mean (and your particular
picture comes up very small, unlike the three earlier ones). The
second of my two links shows a fairly well developed flower-head, but
they start life as a sheathed bud. Have a look at some of the images
on the first (Tinyurl/Google) link, and in particular
http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/t...ed-leek.26153/
and scroll down to the image, or several images here
http://www.freenatureimages.eu/plant...-cornered-Leek.

I'm pretty sure what you've got is A. triquetrum. The only thing that
worries me is that it's in flower now.

Where's SRH when you need him!

Without an answer. I quickly considered and rejected Galanthus woronowii
and Leucojum aestivum. It's flowering remarkably early, but I think it
must be an Allium. Perhaps some close up photos would help.

I will try to take more pics when the weather is better, The last were
taken in heavy sleet so I didn't hang about, now we have another 2 or so
inches of snow and have heavy rain forecast in the next few days.
David