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corkgardener · Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree Joined: 19 Oct 2015 Posts: 71

I'm pretty certain I bought and planted Allium Purple Sensation in the autumn. These bulbs are flowering now but they don't look like purple sensation (from googling)

Silver surfer · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:12 pm Post subject:

Looks like a Hyacinth.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hyacinth+white&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&espv=2&biw=1536&bih=759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKlLKgmsXSAhWHA8AKHY7SChAQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=hyacintha+white&*

Definitely not Allium of any sort.

corkgardener · Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree Joined: 19 Oct 2015 Posts: 71

Thanks Silver.
Definitely bought a packet of Alliums in the garden centre Rolling Eyes

Silver surfer · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:36 pm Post subject:

Could it maybe have been in the ground from a Hyacinth planted years ago.

Maybe your Allium have still to emerge.It is still early.

corkgardener · Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree Joined: 19 Oct 2015 Posts: 71

I don't think so, planted a dozen bulbs and most of them are up

Greengage · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:03 pm Post subject:

Alliums will not be up for another month or more.

Sue Deacon · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:46 pm Post subject:

That's definitely a (scrawny) Hyacinth. Did you buy the bulbs loose or pre-packed? Are the other green leaves, behind it, the Alliums?

Must admit, I'd have Hyacinths over Alliums anytime.

corkgardener · Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree Joined: 19 Oct 2015 Posts: 71

I think you may be right actually Sue, i had a look at the other bulbs and their foliage is different to the Hyacinth and there's no flower stalk (yet). Must have been one Hyacinth amongst the Alliums

Thanks all