I don’t remember seeing these flowers here last spring, but I absolutely love them. We unknowingly covered this area with about six inches of new mulch, but they managed to work their way through.
I think they’re called grape hyacinth–maybe one of the moms will know for sure. We had a patch of them on the farm where I grew up–their diminutive size made for perfect Barbie bouquets.
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Posted by Laura on April 17, 2008 at 11:21 am
What beautiful photos! Thank you! We have some cropping up outside in places I don’t remember seeing it last year, too. Strange…
Posted by Rebecca's Mom on April 17, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Yes, grape hyacinth. Aren’t they pretty? The ones on the farm were probably there decades before you plucked them for Barbie bouquets.
The prettiest flowering bulbs I have seen this spring are a clump of very petite daffodils . . . there must be 15 tiny, tiny blooms in a cluster about 6″ tall and 8″ in diameter. I’m tempted to “borrow” a few of the bulbs! I’ve never seen anything like them before. . . does anyone have any information about them?