Hi there!

I had a flower pop up out of nowhere this Spring (squirrels, perhaps?) and I
cannot ID it. From afar I thought it was a Lily of the Valley gone loose,
but when I came up on it, I realized I had no clue what it was. The flower
is bell-like, and almost sculpted. The flower is white with six yellow
stamens/petals. They are high up on a stalk, with maybe 3 - 7 flowers per
stalk, mostloy close together. It smells like a hyacinth, and it even looks
like a hyacinth, just very loose and with many, many fewer flowers.

I need to move the plant or it will eventually get trampled, but since I
don't know what it is, I am not sure what to do with it.

Thanks for helping. I have tried over the past few days to figure it out on
my own, and I am at a loss. I think when I learn the answer, I will be
saying, "Duh, I knew that," but for now I am just saying, "Duh," period.

:)

Judy
Rochester, NY

sounds like "lily-of-the valley"?

"Judy Bolton" <jbolton [at] rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there!
>
> I had a flower pop up out of nowhere this Spring (squirrels, perhaps?) and
I
> cannot ID it. From afar I thought it was a Lily of the Valley gone loose,
> but when I came up on it, I realized I had no clue what it was. The
flower
> is bell-like, and almost sculpted. The flower is white with six yellow
> stamens/petals. They are high up on a stalk, with maybe 3 - 7 flowers per
> stalk, mostloy close together. It smells like a hyacinth, and it even
looks
> like a hyacinth, just very loose and with many, many fewer flowers.
>
> I need to move the plant or it will eventually get trampled, but since I
> don't know what it is, I am not sure what to do with it.
>
> Thanks for helping. I have tried over the past few days to figure it out
on
> my own, and I am at a loss. I think when I learn the answer, I will be
> saying, "Duh, I knew that," but for now I am just saying, "Duh," period.
>
> :)
>
> Judy
> Rochester, NY

It may actually be a hyacinth. After they've bloomed once or twice they get
far fewer flowers on the stalk and look quite different from the tightly
compacted, many bloomed hyacinth that we're used to seeing.

Jacqui
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