**Bulbs to ID - white & yellow flower and blue flower -

I purchased these little gems somewhere in the past and don't know what they are. Both are from spring bulbs and like sandy soil. Thanks for helping me figure out what they might be.


( photo / image / picture from Jewell _2009's Garden )






Have no idea-yellow and white flower, bulb ( photo / image / picture from Jewell _2009's Garden )

 

Top one is Scilla sibirica. The yellow ones is a Tulip species rather than cultivar but for the moment the name escapes me.

 

I love the Scillas. I have some in amongst the yellows and whites of the daffodils.

 

I believe the tulips are Tulipa tarda.

 

That's the one, just been looking at mine and deperately trying to remember the name. Old age!

 

Thanks Palustris and Droopy. :-D I would like to have more scillas in my front yard. I like your idea Gardengirl mixing them with the daffodils. Maybe some of the small ones. It is nice that the tulips are multiplying slowly. I don't usually have very good luck with the tulips coming back year after year.

 

There are a lot of other Scilla (now changed in some cases to Hyacinthella species) but for garden purposes look out for Scilla tubergeniana (now renamed Scilla mischtchenkoana ). Lousy name but a wonderful very early flowerer in paler blue than S. sibirica. Then there is Scilla bifolia in blue pink and white. And if you want a bigger plant altogether then Scilla peruviana is the one to go for.