Pretty!

Thanks Neal.

Another little blue (sorry, not a bulb), spring weed -

Well, it is pretty!

I like it.

It is pretty, but I won't say I like it, because I've pulled a ton of that stuff out of the beds, LOL. It creeps along the mulch/ground and roots at every leaf node. An herbalist told me it has medicinal properties, he would steep and preserve the leaves and flowers in honey and dispense it for coughs.

jmorth said:
And some very tiny blue blooms on some spring weed - in the garden.
Another little blue (sorry, not a bulb), spring weed -

They are both cute
The first is some kind of veronica...maybe Veronica persica.
I like this one--it's cute and fairly well behaved. It is an annual, but it seeds so well that I swore it was a perennial until I finally accepted that it is not
The second is Glechoma hederacea or any number of common names for obnoxious--we called it creeping charlie where I used to live and was overrun with the stuff...because the flowers are cute, it smells kinda good, it stays pretty green when you don't water the lawn and it doesn't have to be mowed near as often. However, some little biting insects liked to hang out in the leaves and my poor dogs would get bites on their bellies whenever they would lie in the creeping charlie. It is a perennial in the mint family and it behaves like it. We don't have it around where I live now, thankfully. One of the upsides to the desert I guess, but we have plenty of other nasty weeds that are not near as cute.

I'm still loving the ipheon now--good long bloom on these guys and they are sorta bluish

Here are a few pics from a different perspective

Thanks for the clarification dirt!

I did find a small blue blooming bulb today in the garden - Bellevalia pychantha

Does it behave like a Muscari j, reappearing in fall that is?
Grape Hyacinth (Bellevalia paradoxa)

I don't think it has leaves (fall) early like muscari, it's stature and form sure look like one.though. That area gets pretty covered w/ daylilies and assorted other garden entities summer and fall..

@dirtdorphins I recall your mention of liking the Iphieon because it's blue-ish, and wanted to bring this one to your attention, Rolf Feidler. It is much deeper blue, but a bit shorter and beefier.


Muscari Blue Spike

That's cool J!
I've always wondered how the Bellevalia do--are they as prolific as the Muscari ?


Thanks Neal!
You should put your picture in the DB!
Yeah--I have just a few of Rolf, here and there, and I love their blue when they get around to showing up, late...


They just don't go gangbusters for me like the regular old uniflorum do.
I also planted some 'Jessie' last fall and still waiting on them as well...
I'm hoping that Rolf and Jessie will increase for me eventually, but in the meantime I will love on the weed that does well and keep taking goofy pictures

here is one of the double florets


Not a bulb, but little for sure and true blue, I love blue!

and focus-schmocus--laying on my belly in a dark hole, had to open it wide up just to get this

@dirtdorphins,
in my experience reliable but not so prolific as grape muscari.

I have two spots of the iris Reticulata. This is the second spot and here they start to bloom later than those ones way in front.

Rita, what a glorious, rich blue!

lovemyhouse said: Rita, what a glorious, rich blue!

These are called Harmony. I do just love that blue on them, so striking.

I need some of those. Where did you get them, do you remember?

You can get them from Brent & Beckies or from Scheepers.

You know they are not truly iris. They are bulbs planted in the fall and bloom in the spring. But they come back year after year. They are quite small.

They are soooooo pretty.

Trying to think of what these are called and having a complete memory lapse. They are small. I wanna say Squill but I din't think there is any such thing!