What bulb plant is this?..........

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  1. luvdirtyhands1

    luvdirtyhands1 Seedling

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    I am not able to post pics. yet, unfortunately, so i'll be as descriptive as possible. It is a bulb plant; multiplies ( the ones I dug were just massed & entwined underground). At this early stage in spring the stems are about 4" high & leaves look very much like oriental lily, but I looked at the orientals just coming up in my garden & the leaves on mystery plant are much smaller, although same shape. Leaves are a med.-light green. I searched on google but found nothing that looked much like it. Any ideas? Pretty sure it's a spring-blooming bulb of some sort.

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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Probably neither of these but I'll make a stab at guessing anyhow. Could they be either Grape Hyacinth or bluebells? Both have clusters of bulbs and leaves that are similar to lilies but much smaller.
     
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    luvdirtyhands1 Seedling

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    Might be bluebells.... grape hyacinths have been in bloom here for almost 2 weeks, so these plants should have had blossoms, if they are hyacinths. I'm not too concerned; I like just about everything..... just wanted to know how tall they got, so i'd know where to place them in flowerbeds. Maybe i'll just plant them in a separate place for this year & watch what they do.
     

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