Back to the plants, after the fox!

Pretty sure that is three cornered garlic. I found a clump in a local bluebell wood on Saturday and that didn't smell of garlic either. I love that pink tulip with frilly edges!p in a l

Very colourful . I love the Crown imperials......I hope the Lily Beetles don't get them as they used to mine at my old garden.

Someone else was asking about the white flower here on GOY Stera. I think it was suggested that it was garlic, but of course I expected the leaves to at least smell oniony! Even asked the OH to come and have a whiff as I don't have a terrific sense of smell - great when cleaning out rabbits, chickens, drains etc.! He said it didn't smell so thought someone on here would tell me.
The pinky-lilac frilly tulip does have a name, but goodness knows what I have done with the labels! More bulbs bought when reduced, in a pot with the Ice-cream tulips which of course I put in the middle and they are shorter - when in doubt read the label.
Thanks Paul, I do like these Crown Imperials, but one of the more expensive bulbs so these were bought when they were reduced - more for your dough! I have yellow, orange and red and hopefully they will increase. Never thought about them being attacked by Lily beetles, we have those already on the other lilies!

Have a look at the stem - the three cornered garlic stem has a triangular section - most unusual - a better identifier than the smell.

It does have a triangular stem as you say Stera, so must be that. Where does the garlic bit come in then? Were the bulbs eaten?

Looking very colourful despite your feathered pals, it amused me to hear of the reason for the baskets, not something we have to contend with, Crown Imperials are a sight for sore eyes, keep promising myself some and then forget until I see them out in flower in others gardens, I have some of the wild garlic in a couple of places in my garden, haven't a clue where its appeared from but I'm keeping a watchful eye as I have taken the warnings on board and so far its not appeared in the main garden, only the patio walls and gravel bed under dining room window.

I have boobed HG, I should have said Three cornered leek but it is an Allium - Allium triquetum. I looked it up to see if you can eat it and apparently you can use the cut up young leaves in salad. It is supposed to smell a bit garlicy but the plants I found didn't - not much anyway.

Thanks for the identification Stera, that's definitely what it is, Allium triquetum. After you told me I looked it up and found it was invasive! It's been fairly well behaved in my garden, I just have the clump shown, but perhaps all the little green strings of leaves that I thought were Grape hyacinths, are this instead. I shall have to remember to keep an eye on it, I already have Spanish bluebells spreading everywhere (very pretty but do crowd out other things) and don't need another pest. Perhaps it's the clay soil which keeps it under control. Can't remember whether this is something I bought or whether it just appeared. That's the trouble with Open gardens, temptation to buy something you don't recognise. Should be a clue I suppose, if they are selling it, it probably spreads fast!

Like you Lincslass I did a bit of catching up indoors yesterday while it rained. Luckily here it was fairly light rain, but steady, just the sort you need to soak in rather than a downpour which runs straight off.
The baskets are only the cheap plastic sort bought from Pound Stretcher for less than £1.50p each, but needed quantity rather than quality to put the plants in out of reach. I have this strange idea that anything I want to grow, I have to find a place for whether the conditions are conducive or not. I love other people's gardens where they have drifts of Aubretia flowing everywhere. Sadly that is never going to happen here, but in a mad moment bought the plants really, really cheap so then had to think what to do with them! I had a lady call Saturday who was really taken with the idea of them in wall baskets, so perhaps it wasn't such a bad idea.
The Crown Imperials are another plant that falls into the 'must have' category and buying these late, some went in the garden and have done much better and some in pots, which will go out now to join the others. Hopefully they will over-winter without getting water-logged and dying.

Grape hyacinth leaves usually appear in the autumn - but lets face it you can do without an invasion of either of them, pretty though they are!

I'm like you, jut buy things because I like them without having a clear idea of where to put them, so the beds get to looking rather disorganised. I have great plans to move things around in the autumn, but somehow it doesn't get done... Looking at some of the beautifully planned borders on here makes me despair! Bluebells trying to stage a takeover here too but its only in its early stages, just four sites. There were none at all when we came.

I hope you at least don't have lots of plants waiting to be put out without much idea where!
I like disorganised! OH wanted me to make a plan, but I don't do plans, I have a rough idea and if it ends up that way fine, if not it it's been ammended!
I really admire the great swathes of one colour in some gardens, but also like all the little surprise plants in a mixed border - there's always something new popping up - and the sweeps of colour pass.
The last photo where the path should be (getting there again) was under spreading Leylandii and carpet ivy when we came. Having cleared that I discovered three struggling rose bushes and the following Spring - bluebells! Now they have the light they are on a mission to conquer the world!