Ok, xpost. I think they look most like Lebanon squill/snowdrift. Awesome! Thanks!
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Mar 24, 2011 4:01:17 pm PDT #165 of 30001
JZ - Mar 24, 2011 4:03:33 pm PDT #166 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Well, everyone who hasn't seen it already should run out and snap up Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf right, right now (unless you're depressed and feeling shaky about a relationship already, in which case GOOD GOD DON'T GO NEAR IT). She's just devastating, all raw scraped nerves and misery, and it's a huge performance that should be over-the-top but instead is completely gutting.
Juliebird - Mar 24, 2011 4:04:11 pm PDT #167 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
yeah, I think Calli has it right with the Puschkinia.
This heavy wet snow smooshed all my Galanthus and the bunnies ate my Kaufman tulips, grrr.
Amy - Mar 24, 2011 4:06:54 pm PDT #168 of 30001
Because books.
Totally rookie gardening question: if I plant daffodils or tulips, they'll come up again next year?
She's just devastating, all raw scraped nerves and misery
Oh yes. I love her in Giant, too. Which is a fantastic epic full of excellent performances, and James Dean's last role.
flea - Mar 24, 2011 4:07:45 pm PDT #169 of 30001
information libertarian
Daffodils, yes. Tulips, maybe - they are much fussier. Daffodils and crocus are the most dependable, IME.
Anne W. - Mar 24, 2011 4:07:56 pm PDT #170 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Totally rookie gardening question: if I plant daffodils or tulips, they'll come up again next year?
Yes. Sometimes in exciting new places if the squirrels relocate them for you.
Amy - Mar 24, 2011 4:09:25 pm PDT #171 of 30001
Because books.
I don't want to mess with fussy the first time out. Daffodils it is!
Juliebird - Mar 24, 2011 4:16:59 pm PDT #172 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I went crazy and planted Butterfly Daffodils last fall, I'm so excited to see them come up.
For tulips, you run into critter problems as they're tasty, and they don't naturalize like Daffs can, instead tending to diminish year after year. But the Giant Darwin Hybrids and the species Tulips are more reliable. I pretty much treat Tulips as annuals and chuck them into the woods when they're done blooming. Gives me a chance to play with a new combination the next year.
sarameg - Mar 24, 2011 4:18:33 pm PDT #173 of 30001
My neighbor advocates planting bulbs, then planting bricks/rocks/flagstones over them until spring to prevent squirrel theft. She went through a LOT of new bulbs. I think once they've been there a while, they are safer from the squirrels. Stuff that's coming up now was not my doing, came with the house.
Juliebird - Mar 24, 2011 4:21:29 pm PDT #174 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My mother planted chionodoxa and scilla in the lawn, and the squirrels dug them up and hid them elsewhere. Then forgot about them. So they came up in other random parts of the lawn. Squirrel gardeners!
I had a coworker who laid chicken wire over the bulbs. The chipmunks just dug down outside the chicken wire and tunneled over and got them anyway.