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Post by Mumsey on Apr 13, 2023 16:25:47 GMT -5
Noticed it growing between the Nine Bark and Tri-color Willow. Only about 3" high and never seen them in the yard before! It has spiked leaves like daffodils.  |
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Post by breezygardener on Apr 13, 2023 16:41:15 GMT -5
That looks very much like "Glory-of-the-Snow". I don't believe it grows wild, so would have had to be planted by either you or by someone nearby.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 13, 2023 17:11:53 GMT -5
breezygardener , Sure looks like pics I just searched for! But I'm clueless how it got here! We have been here 16 years and this is the first time I've seen it. Pretty little things! Maybe they will spread, hoping! No one in our neighborhood does "flowers"........
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Apr 13, 2023 17:39:37 GMT -5
breezygardener , how big is the flower? very pretty! "Glory-of-the-Snow" Looks like it. A columbine variant?
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 13, 2023 18:24:52 GMT -5
Flowers are only about 1/2” diameter. Very dainty. And only 2 leaf spikes per plant. Nothing like Columbine.
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Post by binnylou on Apr 13, 2023 18:46:02 GMT -5
Mumsey, is that area where you might have spread city compost/mulch? Perhaps a squirrel brought you a present.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Apr 13, 2023 19:18:29 GMT -5
Perhaps a squirrel brought you a present. delightful surprise if so!  |
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 14, 2023 5:53:44 GMT -5
binnylou, no, I don't bring city compost home due to all the various "new" weeds I don't currently have. Squirrel might be the answer!
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 14, 2023 9:13:13 GMT -5
Garden Fairies spreading magic! That looks like a keeper. Might be worth saving seeds.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 14, 2023 12:54:52 GMT -5
I’ll do some digging around and see if there’s bulbs.
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Post by madamezil on Apr 14, 2023 14:42:04 GMT -5
Mumsey, Yes, those are bulbs. We have tons of those here. I have tried to reduce the number, but no luck. Soon you may have more than you bargained for 
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Post by breezygardener on Apr 14, 2023 15:56:37 GMT -5
Yes - they do seem to "escape" from yards rather readily.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 14, 2023 16:48:51 GMT -5
madamezil, I hope so!! We have natural grass and they are so pretty!
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 15, 2023 20:28:59 GMT -5
Dug one up. There is a bulb. I noticed that in just a couple days the leaf spikes have doubled in size and some have 3 blooms on single stalk. Cool.
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Post by claude on Apr 17, 2023 7:17:34 GMT -5
I’m still in FL. My sister forgot a bag of sunflower seed that was outside and got wet and she tossed them behind the property fence where construction is going on. Forgot about them. Yesterday we noticed random sunflowers in the construction site..some clumps some singles. Pretty addition. Dispersed by birds and sm animals.
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