Name that plant!

[iamshadow]

Things I know
- it's early spring.
- the flowers start out midblue and fade over time to almost white
- it's probably a bulb or similar, since all my jonquils, snowdrops, daffodils and irises are coming out now too.





Speaking of irises, anyone able to pin down what one in particular I have? It is from a root that looks rather like ginger, not a bulb. The leaves are very flat, point straight up, and are shaped rather like knifeblades.

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[teapot_rabbit]

My family always called that first flower a starflower, but I don't think that's the correct name. The are bulbs, but the bulbs themselves are very small.

[teapot_rabbit]

Hah, turns out I was mostly right. The first plant is a spring star flower, Ipheion uniflorum.

[iamshadow]

Thank you! I am so glad I didn't clean out that old pot, even though the stuff in it just looked like grass. I had a hunch it wasn't but wasn't certain until the flowers popped up. They really are are beautiful; I'm probably going to buy a new hanging basket and keep them in the same position, since they seem to like it there.