This one is a volunteer in our rock garden -- the purple blossom, not the azalea buds in the background. It has one stem only; the leaves are small and fringy, like chamomile. The blossom is about 4 inches across. It's beautiful, and I'd like to plant more.
Following is a shot along the north side of our house. The pink and white are tulips, of course. The other is what I'm trying to identify. It grows in clusters of blue bells, from a bulb. Can it be BlueBells? I didn't plant these, but we have a much more thrilling crop this year than last, literally dozens of blooms. Perhaps I fertilized the soil last fall? I can't remember what I did, but it wasn't much. (Sorry, the camera battery died before I could get a close-up. If you need one, let me know and I'll post one.)
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The purple one's foliage is not identical to any anemones I could find online (or at White Flower Farms) but it is similar enough that I'm sure that it is of that genus.
I've also identified (same sources) the other blue bells -- they are Hyacinthoides, possibly Spanish Bluebells, (hyacinthoides hispanica).
And I ran across hellebores, which are lovely but very expensive. I want some in my garden, but will have to find somewhere to get them cheap. Check them out -- very pretty in the newer hybrids in particular.
to me it looks like a clematis, on the ground instead of climbing up. Is it part of a bigger viney thing? Four inches is a pretty big flower.
I can't see the bluebells well enough to say what they are.
Hmm, clematis. I hadn't thought of that. But no, the foliage is all wrong -- not a vine, and not like any of the other clematis we have around here.
The bluebells -- I'll post a close-up photo.
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