Flower or weed?

by Tawny Lee miller

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I found these flowers growing all over in our yard, the lady who lived here before us was a crazy gardener. I don't know what half of the flowers that are growing in our yard are. I wasn't sure if these are flowers or weeds. Anybody know?

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Jan on Apr 15, 2016
Virginia Bluebells, mine just starting to bloom.

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- Tawny Lee miller on Apr 15, 2016
  @Jan oh yay! They are all over in our yard I don't know if they just spread or if there was once a flower bed there. I also found these and I'm not sure what kind of plant these are either. Some sort of lilly maybe?
  
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- Janet Pizaro on Apr 15, 2016
  @Tawny Lee miller By the photo it is a bit hard to say as you cannot see all of the foliage. I think it is a type of lilly.
  
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- Tawny Lee miller on Apr 15, 2016
  @Janet Pizaro sorry for some reason only part of the picture loaded :( here is a better one :)
  
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- Janet Pizaro on Apr 15, 2016
  @Tawny Lee miller No problem> I googled images of lily foliage and I think that is a lily of some sort just not sure of what kind.Its not a day lily or asiatic as it appears to have a much thicker leaf.I would be interested myself to know for sure.
  
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- Tawny Lee miller on Apr 15, 2016
  @Janet Pizaro I'll let you know if i find out! I have tons of them :)
  
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- Janet Pizaro on Apr 15, 2016
  @Tawny Lee miller Please do.
  
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- Rhonda B on Apr 15, 2016
  @Tawny Lee miller Looks like Naked Lily foliage-they also call them Belladonna Lilies and Surprise Lilies.
  
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- Libbie B on May 31, 2021
  
  They are so pretty! I just bought some today.
  
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Rose Boehl Michl on Apr 15, 2016
We call them Surprise lilies. the foliage comes up in the spring and them dies down then in August the pink flowers pop up out of the ground-no foliage.

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- Elaine Simmons on Apr 15, 2016
  @Rose Boehl Michl Those Surprise Lilies or Naked Ladies as some call them are entirely different flowers than Virginia Bluebells.
  
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- Sran_dr on Apr 15, 2016
  @Rose Boehl Michl I think you are referring to Resurrection Lillies.
  
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Lisa Falkenthal on Apr 15, 2016
jan is correct. Botanical name Mertensia. Great plant for shade. May go dormant in summer. No fear it will return.

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- Janice on Apr 16, 2016
  @Lisa Falkenthal Or Virginia Bluebells as they are commonly called.
  
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Elaine Simmons on Apr 15, 2016
It will return with a vengeance. In Iowa, they were hard to get rid of.

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Laquieda Lucki Tovar on Apr 15, 2016
A weed is a plant that grows in inconvenient place.

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Rose Boehl Michl on Apr 15, 2016
Yes this picture is of Virginia Bluebells. I was posting to another picture that was with this picture. It was a picture of some foliage. I know it was confusing.

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Martha on Apr 16, 2016
They're very pretty! I'd say flowers!

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Lisa Kerr on Apr 16, 2016
Comfrey.

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Porland1624 on Apr 16, 2016
Virginia Blue Bell is a flower

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Louise Griffin on Apr 16, 2016
Virginia Bluebells - mertensia virginica - very aggressive spreader but if you like bright blue in Spring, let them naturalize in a shady or semi shady area - they will go dormant by mid summer and the foliage will "disappear" but will come back next Spring.

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D roach on Apr 16, 2016
a weed is a flower in the wrong place. If you like it, it's a flower, if not it's a weed.

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- Laurie on Apr 16, 2016
  @D roach If I didn't plant it, it's a weed. lol
  
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Amy VanGorp on Apr 16, 2016
Depends on if you like it or not! ;)

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Beverly Perry on Apr 16, 2016
They are wild violets...so.eti.es called johnny nump ups.

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- Bonnie on Apr 17, 2016
  @Beverly Perry Not wild violets, they have flat petals, not bell shaped. Johnny Jump-ups are not a violet, they're in the pansy family. This plant has clusters of bell shaped flowers called a Virginia Bluebell and is a perennial, which comes up every year.
  
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April on Apr 16, 2016
Looks like Bethlehem sage.

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Virginia zacharias on Apr 16, 2016
Louise from Portland Me is correct, These are Virginia Bluebells and I live in Minnesota and they do not spread here.

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- DORLIS on Apr 16, 2016
  @Virginia zacharias VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS IS CORRECT. I HAVE WILD ONES GROWING IN MY WOODS AND HAVE MOVED SOME INTO MY SHADE GARDEN.
  
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861650 on Apr 16, 2016
I would love to have some! Love the color purple especially mixed with red...and then again, with everything!

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Barbara on Apr 16, 2016
They are indeed Virginia Bluebells. They spread like crazy here in Tennessee and are ephemeral.

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Darlene on Apr 16, 2016
Definitely Virginia Bluebells. They are lovely in a woodland garden.

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Bonnie on Apr 17, 2016
If you like them, they're a flower. If you don't, it's a weed. ;) Haha. But it is a native woodland flower that likes moist soil and shade. Highly regarded as the crown jewel of wildflowers. Pretty little things, aren't they?

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- Tawny Lee miller on Apr 18, 2016
  @Bonnie I love them they are so pretty!!!! :)
  
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Sandra on Apr 21, 2016
I just bought some of these at Lowes! lol... Virginia Bluebells.

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- Tawny Lee miller on Apr 21, 2016
  @Sandra if you lived closer you could have had some of mine half of our yard is covered in them lol
  
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- Sandra on Apr 22, 2016
  @Tawny Lee miller Oh wow! They must be quite hardy then! Good, I need all the help I can get. lol
  
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Don on Jul 24, 2016
Flower but i don't know the name sorry

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Laura Elersich on Mar 29, 2019

what kind of paint are you using

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Laura Elersich on Mar 29, 2019

This isn’t chickweed and right now it’s popping up hurry and pull it up or it does literally shots seeds out when touched

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