I am relying on memory here and its gone at the best of times! I have a load of bulbs which I planted years ago and i cant even remember what colour they are. Pathetic I know but i think they are either blue or white! They are all green at the moment and have strap like leaves (like snowflaked which i thought they were) but there is a distinct smell of onion if i happen to tread on anything there. I may have to take a photo or wait until they appear as my memory is just so bad .If anyone has a suggestion as to what it may be I would be grateful but considering I cant remember the colour I am not hopeful!

"mrs-baggins" wrote in message
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I am relying on memory here and its gone at the best of times! I have a
load of bulbs which I planted years ago and i cant even remember what
colour they are. Pathetic I know but i think they are either blue or
white! They are all green at the moment and have strap like leaves
(like snowflaked which i thought they were) but there is a distinct
smell of onion if i happen to tread on anything there. I may have to
take a photo or wait until they appear as my memory is just so bad .If
anyone has a suggestion as to what it may be I would be grateful but
considering I cant remember the colour I am not hopeful!


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mrs-baggins

Some sort of *Allium* perhaps?

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Some sort of *Allium* perhaps?




God, if they are get them out quick, I put some alliums in the front bed
and they have gone berserk, all over the place and choking other bulbs,
even the tiny little bulbils flower and grow. I keep digging them out as
weedkiller didn't work and yet there are still more shoots coming up
............. and yes they do stink of onions.

janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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In article , Rupert writes



Some sort of *Allium* perhaps?




God, if they are get them out quick, I put some alliums in the front bed
and they have gone berserk, all over the place and choking other bulbs,
even the tiny little bulbils flower and grow. I keep digging them out as
weedkiller didn't work and yet there are still more shoots coming up
............ and yes they do stink of onions.

janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Sounds like you got one of the rampageous sorts--wild garlic perhaps.
The larger ones are fairly well behaved and spectacular in a sort of "in
your face" manner.

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writes

Sounds like you got one of the rampageous sorts--wild garlic perhaps.
The larger ones are fairly well behaved and spectacular in a sort of "in
your face" manner.



No, not wild garlic, definitely alliums but not sure which ones !
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet Tweedy writes
In article , Rupert
writes

Sounds like you got one of the rampageous sorts--wild garlic perhaps.
The larger ones are fairly well behaved and spectacular in a sort of "in
your face" manner.



No, not wild garlic, definitely alliums but not sure which ones !

Allium moly - yellow and prolific?
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Kay

In article , K
writes
Janet Tweedy writes
In article , Rupert
writes

Sounds like you got one of the rampageous sorts--wild garlic perhaps.
The larger ones are fairly well behaved and spectacular in a sort of "in
your face" manner.



No, not wild garlic, definitely alliums but not sure which ones !

Allium moly - yellow and prolific?


No, white flowers think it's cowanii

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
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In article , Rupert
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Sounds like you got one of the rampageous sorts--wild garlic perhaps.
The larger ones are fairly well behaved and spectacular in a sort of "in
your face" manner.



No, not wild garlic, definitely alliums but not sure which ones !
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Could also possibly be Ipheion which are allium related and have the
characteristic smell. They have strappy leaves which tend to lie rather
on the soil surface. Can spread a bit but on the other hand I'm having
trouble getting them established at all.
Janet G

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from Janet Tweedy contains these words:

In article , Rupert
writes

Sounds like you got one of the rampageous sorts--wild garlic perhaps.
The larger ones are fairly well behaved and spectacular in a sort of "in
your face" manner.



No, not wild garlic, definitely alliums but not sure which ones !
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Could also possibly be Ipheion which are allium related and have the
characteristic smell. They have strappy leaves which tend to lie rather
on the soil surface. Can spread a bit but on the other hand I'm having
trouble getting them established at all.
Janet G

Janet thinks it may be A.cowanii which has not got the big strappy
leaves-perhaps she has a wonderful new hybrid:-)

In article , Janet Galpin
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Could also possibly be Ipheion which are allium related and have the
characteristic smell. They have strappy leaves which tend to lie rather
on the soil surface. Can spread a bit but on the other hand I'm having
trouble getting them established at all.
Janet G


No, got Ipehon, quite different and not so large actually. I'll send you
some of my spare Ipheons Janet when they die down later.
(Will manage to keep them 'wet' for the post!

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net

In article , Rupert
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Janet thinks it may be A.cowanii which has not got the big strappy
leaves-perhaps she has a wonderful new hybrid:-)





I'll ask the friendly gardener who 'donated' them to me in the first
place. Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk