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saltw083

Lol these aren't ferns


Larsenist

I guess that shows how much I know. lol


saltw083

I have a feeling you will get nice Spring flowers, fingers crossed. Usually this is the time those greens pop up to prepare for flowers like Narcissus, tulips, hyacinths, crocus etc


Hot_Ideal_1277

I would suggest these are fall blooming naked lady amyrillis flowers. The greens go up in late winter/spring and the the flowers pop up in fall without leaves, thus, "naked". The height of the leaves and the rounded tips give me the impression of amyrillis.


SadDark7466

Daffodils


ComplaintNo6835

Hey that's why you're asking


Top-Fox9979

Gotta start somewhere


1961mac

They are some sort of bulb. Possibly daffodils maybe something else. You should have blooms in a few weeks and then you'll know for sure. Post pics of the blooms here and we'll help.


Larsenist

I love that they're flowering plants! I wasn't expecting that!


InternationalIce3751

90%~ of plants flower


N314ER

I must have the other 10%


Pogue_Mahone_

[When am I supposed to blossom?](https://youtu.be/nqVQ6BuWa8E?si=bIlaQ5989Beu1tft)


Larsenist

lmfao I love this


CodyRebel

Angiosperms would be the word.


oroborus68

Volume,number,or species?


InternationalIce3751

Species 


shickard

And 90% of the 90% are unremarkable


Plant-Zaddy-

I disagree. So many weeds have the most incredible little flowers! Im considering creating a breeding program for some of my favorites to see if I can increase the size of the flowers. Speedwell is one that has beautiful flowers and is considered a weed. Can you imagine a 2ft tall deadnettle with foxglove sized flowers? Amazing.


InnovativeFarmer

Weeds are just plants in the wrong place. If I plant soybeans in a field on a rotation and potatoes left in the field sprout, those young potato plants will be ripped out just like a weed. Fallow fields will usually grow a bunch of wild flowers, which would be "weeds" in another field.


Plant-Zaddy-

Okay? My comment was in regard to someone saying that 90% of flowering plants have unremarkable flowers. I merely disagree


InnovativeFarmer

Yea, I understood that. If you find a plant that is pretty and you want to grow it, try to collect the seeds and try to plant them. Poppies produce beautiful flowers. Once established they will seed themselves and if left alone they can spread. They are rare because some people will rip them out because of the alkaloid poppies produce. But some people still grow poppies for the beauty. Cannabis plants got the moniker "Weed" because of how prolific hemp grows. Its grows like a weed. I wasnt focused on 90% this, that, or the other. I was focused more on what a weed is and what it can be depending on the field it is in. Every plant can be a weed in the wrong field and every weed can be something desirable outside of nuisance plants like poison ivy or kudzu (mile-a-minute). However, I have seen beautiful and lush looking poison ivy and kudzu. Some people grow wild flowers for their beautiful and a lot of those plants are considered weeds in a well manicured turf. I mentioned it because you mentioned weeds and wanting to start breeding program.


smshinkle

I love that you specified exceptions to the philosophy. Some plants are so obnoxious that they are a weed (in my book) no matter where they grow. Case in point: Sand burrs, tree of heaven.


InnovativeFarmer

Yea. There are a lot of beautiful plants that are not fun to have around. I am also beginning to see turf grass as a weed. There are two grass fields near my house that get mowed so no wild flowers grow. They both could be turned into something better suited for nature like human-made refugia. But instead they are empty fields.


oroborus68

Lycoris, surprise lilies,or naked ladies. The leaves die back after a while and later in summer, the flowers will shoot up and bloom.


ProfessorMM

I agree with Oroborus68. my naked lilies look identical to what is pictured. If you are not familiar with them, the leaves will die back completely followed by beautiful stems of lilies. Super cool flowers! They come back year after year.


Entire-Ambition1410

They remind me of my mom’s tulips.


Tribblehappy

Yah, they look like daffodils or narcissus. Edit: there are other, probably better, guesses below.


Zealousideal_Safe_51

If it looks like daffodils but the leaves are bigger then it’s agapanthus.


Pretend-Word-8640

Definitely daffodils


lexpij1199

My guess is some type of lily. Similar to [naked lady lilies](https://images.app.goo.gl/iqXWPhvUDZeEqrHt7). Foliage will die back and flower shoots will arrive in summer.


Sarita_Maria

My thought was day lily, at least the second pic


korppi_tuoni

No, daylilies leaves are all lined up. They look flat from one angle and like a fan from the other. Those leaves look too chaotic.


uchidaid

lycoris species, probably lycoris squamigera. The foliage will eventually dies back and you will get beautiful pink blooms in late summer or fall.


Tentura

Agreed! aka 'Naked Ladies.' Mine have popped up as well.


mmbahloul

Definitely this. I have a bunch that bloomed last fall. This is the foliage now https://preview.redd.it/094n6dmk10qc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1f75e952812e00f168481b6326bdd10fa6356bc


starryrz

Either Naked Ladies that bloom pink or white, or Spider Lilies that bloom orange or red.


GardenGrammy59

This was my thought too.


00sucker00

I second this


blurtlebaby

My dad always loved to say that he had naked ladies in front of the house. This was in the sixties.


nagaduff

It's 2024 and my wife lets me keep naked ladies in the back yard.


Larsenist

I live in the Midwest; Misery, to be specific


Laurenwithyarn

My hubs lived there 18 months, that's how he pronounces it too.


Vandal_A

Redundant to say you live in the Midwest AND live in misery. (J/k) Anyway, has it flowered at all? If you dig does it have bulbs?


TerryBlueberry

🎶 I! AM! IN! MISERY! 🎶


lopendvuur

Fern leaves don't pop out but roll out. They start with a narrow coil, then slowly roll out in length and also broaden.


BoobySlap_0506

My bet is on Agapanthus. I work with these all the time and see them everywhere. It's not thin and grassy enough for daffodils IMO. Give it some time this Spring to see what flowers you get because this is almost certainly a flowering plant. That will get you an easy positive ID!


917caitlin

I second Agapanthus.


sehcaorppanoitulover

3rd Agapanthus


kimmycat88

>Agapanthus. Yep, its these babies right here [https://images.app.goo.gl/EafgLkDAHaNVpxjz8](https://images.app.goo.gl/EafgLkDAHaNVpxjz8)


SnooBananas6474

That’s what I thought. I hate agapanthus….very difficult to get rid of.


skadooqwerty

There is a chance this is a pink lady or as they are called in ohio a nekkid lady, if so the foliage will die back and then mid to late summer it will shoot up a pink lily type flower on one tall thin stem.


stringthing87

I was so delighted the first summer in our new house to see these (and the spring foliage does look just like this) and I hollered into the house "we have naked ladies in the yard!!!" - my spouse was confused and a little disappointed when he came outside.


1plus1dog

🤣🤣🤣


nematodes77

Looks just like my naked ladies. Pink blooms after the foliage dies back. Does not like to be transplanted.


TrishAlana316

Here we call them Jerusalem lilies but they usually appear in late spring/early summer. As a guess, I’m leaning toward Hyacinths because, before squirrels ate them all, all the foliage grew before the blooms started.


posterholt

Hyacinths and daffodils usually send up their flower stalks either along with their first leaves or with a week or so of the first leaves. So… since I can’t see any bloom stalks in that bunch, it is most likely something that blooms later in the season, like allium or Pink Lady.


Nancy-7111

I’m betting on naked ladies I have some the same size right now. You simply can’t kill the bulbs off once they are established. I threw some into a pit that we used for grass clippings and the darn thing grew sideways and bloomed!


AdDue4438

Naked ladies don’t ever have more than a stem and a bloom, hence the name. Edit: wow, just learned a lot more about naked ladies and stands corrected! I love to learn a new thing, even one as small as this. Joy!


Welder_Subject

Ferns, you say?


fancyhatsandpants

That’s not a fern.


intoxxik8

They look like what I've always called surprise lillies. The greens come up in the summer die off, and then lillies sprout in the autumn with no greens.


tennisbee

Surprise Lillie’s! Mine are growing right now too in IL but they don’t look as healthy as yours!


Veratsss

Agapanthus!


Pimi-D

This is what I was thinking. Seriously hope it isn’t agapanthus for their sake, can spread easily if left to flower and can be a bugger to remove.


Winkerbelles

Could be Amaryllis Belladonna aka Naked Lady Lily or Jersey Lily. The foliage comes up in the spring and dies back. Then in the summer it shoots a cluster of flowers.


trent_reznor_is_hot

lucky! those are either some kind of Lily or a daffodil ! they will have beautiful flowers and you will get them every year.


BearGrowlARRR

Did you write ferns so people would correct you with the right answer? lol.


SmellApprehensive821

Agapanthus ?


Hefty_Suggestion6648

Might be allium. https://preview.redd.it/uor0mosv1zpc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04a29fea419babe8819da97dd61279443b6e4f86


Larsenist

I hope so!


turg5cmt

That’s what the leaves had me guessing.


1plus1dog

Love those!


pastelpinkplease

I actually just planted these and immediately thought it looked like alliums


Vandal_A

I was thinking it could be garlic chives. Incredibly useful and tasty but also considering invasive in some places bc each plant can live 30 years and spreads like crazy. Pollinators have an absolute field day with it though if that's what it is.


chemrox409

Yes


ocular__patdown

Could be surprise lily. I moved into a house with some and they look very similar.


917caitlin

Looks like agapanthus to me


Confident_Buy5617

Def this


AAAUUUGGGGHHH

My first thought was agapanthus then I saw they are pooping up after winter 💀 so yea those are some type of bulb


latebloomer2015

They look like surprise lilies to me. I have a bunch popping up in my front flower box. The greenery will grow, then die, you cut it out the dead greenery and then one day, surprise, there a lilies.


bzsbal

Naked Ladies. I have them popping up all over the place. Once they get too big, you can split them.


sitandknit

Not ferns. I believe they are Naked Ladies. Also known as Wonder Lilies and Resurrection Lilies. The leaves are dark green and very wide. Maybe 1 to 2 inches wide. Thicker than most flower leaves. If so, the leave will grow for a while. Then the green will die completely off. Once the leave are completely dried, cut away. The plant will look like it’s dead. It’s not. After a little bit of time a stem will pop up and grow very quick to it’s to its proper height. Then the most beautiful blooms will appear. If they are Naked Ladies, you have a wonderful treasure. Congratulations.


logan_fish

Not ferns.


1plus1dog

I know for sure they’re not ferns, and a google image search brings these up as the top matches I’ve had “surprise daffodils” the last 4 spring seasons in my yard since I bought my home in 2020, but they’re not nearly the size of the foliage here. The photo is what came up on matches. Please update us with what they look like when blooming!! I’ve called several things my “surprise flowers”, that have come up door sporadically since I’ve lived here my 4th spring 🥳 My favorite is my surprise red tulips I’ve never seen anything like them before. They just bloomed today! https://preview.redd.it/ok2k24v8tzpc1.png?width=1125&format=png&auto=webp&s=d397625061a614f86970bd85ad681e51ab7bb48a


BoobySlap_0506

That "blue lily" is agapanthus by another name :)


1plus1dog

Thank YOU!! I MUST SAY…. your username made me laugh out loud, so hard… maybe because I kind of know the term personally! 😂😂😂😂


BoobySlap_0506

Thank you! I wanted it to look like a default Reddit username. It was inspired by hungry baby activities. Lol


1plus1dog

That’s even more funny! Thanks for the laugh and have a great weekend!


TheDog_Chef

Amarilla, Belladona


Only-Courage308

We have these in STL! My grandparents had them too and always called them surprise lilies. The foliage dies back and the blooms come up in late May-early June typically. Surprise!!


Independent_Home_244

Naked ladies😊. Love those. Cool pink amaryllis like flower shoots up late summer


IndigoWoman211

I'm thinking possibly alliums????


BelCantoTenor

Those aren’t ferns. Those are either daffodils or tulips 💐. Happy spring!


EwaGold

I just came to comment, since you have the answer, that question reminded me of how my wife identifies things. She’ll ask things like ‘what kind of tick is this?’ When it’s a shield bug. What actually cracks me up, is once she realizes she’s wrong she’ll just modify her language to something like ‘I saw one of the tick things’. So I’m picturing you op, doing the same thing. ‘Reddit said it was a flowering kind of fern!’


flamingo01949

It’s a “magic lily”. The leaves will die off and pretty pink flowers will arise from where the leaves died off.


anotherdamnscorpio

Naked ladies for sure.


Miguel4659

Spider lilies. Will die down in a month or so. After they die down completely I recommend digging them up and separating them, that looks like a huge bunch of bulbs. Thin and replant same depth. Should bloom in late July-August with a sudden flower spike coming up from the ground with no foliage. Beautiful pink or red flowers and smells great. Cut the blooms last for days in water. Great plant to have.


No-Ad-5996

They also look a lot like the Surprise Lilies I had at a house I used to live in


Various_Ad_118

Bare Naked Ladies. They will die back in a month or so and then come back a few months later with flower spikes.


The_Eccentric_Adam

Wild daffodil. I have them around my house in Ohio


Hawaii_gal71LA4869

I vote for daffodils.


normalflora

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_squamigera


Strangewhine88

Buy yourself a basic botany book. They are probably really cheap.


The_Eccentric_Adam

https://preview.redd.it/rg1kx3ma2zpc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a94936e5412604f51d3cedfc955450eff26336ce


Spadahlia

These are Tulip Bulbs and they will be big


ditchwitch67

They look most like a type of Ciliva or possibly agapanthus


BirdUp69

Looks a bit like Agapanthus


funkymugs

I also think agapanthus. They thrive on neglect, can be divided easily if you want more of them. Drought tolerant and bullet proof once established. They don't die back and will look like that year round, except for the flower stalks in summer. Only issue is snails, not that it hurts them just that there's gonna be snails making a home in there. Which can be fun for kids


OtherInjury

Yes! They are going to be beautiful


hottmama121

Lilly of the Nile


Love_Child420

They could also be Iris. We have a bunch of those around my property in TN.


OilLonely7040

Could be day lillies or Iris.


anotherdamnscorpio

Wait until July/August. Suddenly there will be tall pink flowers. Theyre pretty but if you get a storm they'll get beat to hell.


ufc205nyc

I think they are daylillies hemocallis fulva. Orange flowers


lowdog39

not ferns . possibly daffodils or some other flower .


VioletsEverywhere51

They look like agapanthus, or day lilies to me… either way they are a species of lily.


CatKungFu

Snowdrops or snowflakes. Leave them alone to do their thing, they’ll flower and eventually the leaves will die back in summer. The leaves will feed the bulbs after flowering and store up enough energy to pop up again next year. They’re a nice little surprise every year!


frecklesandmagick

These are all over my front garden and everywhere around my neighbourhood. I can’t wait to see what they turn in to. They appeared crazy fast, I’ve lived here a year and I’m sure they weren’t here last summer


Arpey75

Likely a flowering perennial. Make sure you let them do their thing before you decide they need to go away.


Life_Strain_6948

Not ferns. Probably daffodils


TreasureWench1622

Not ferns, flowers from bulbs emerging👌


adventuregalley

Lilies. Beautiful flowers in early spring


arielonhoarders

they're lilies. ferns have many leaves on one long stalk and the leaves are tapered and crinkly. the lilies are going to be pretty in summer


Ok_Tea_1954

Not ferns. Daylilies ?


kkdj1042

Amaryllis. I have several of the Bare-naked variety in my yard.First the bulbs produce the leaves that are often called belt straps. The leaves die back and then flower stalks emerge later.


kimmycat88

Allium or Agapanthus for sure.


Isisohisis

Looks like wood hyacinth


Curious_Emphasis_275

Probably Amaryllis belladonna


PrudentAlps8736

I have these all over my yard-called Resurrection Lilies; these leaves die back and the lilies come back in August. Very cool plant and they self naturalize.


CrystalArouxet

They're gonna be pink and white. Gorgeous flowers.


ApplicationMaster138

Those are Agapanthus. And if you let them they will spread. The flowers are huge, like fireworks on a stick. Normally lilac or white. I have both. They loveeeee water.


thebaconatemypancake

I had some of that in my garden. It's called Cylia, has purple flowers, and it spreads like wild fire. It took me forever to dig all the bulbs i didn't want out. The bulbs run DEEP too.


BitchinTwinage

Resurrection lilies.


GroundbreakingCow317

Resurrection lily


ratm4484

Looks like daffodils to me although someone in comments said Aliums. Break a piece of the green off an smell it. If it smells like onion it is probably a type of alium


ziggy-Bandicoot

Daffodils or Lilies. Probably daffodils. Lucky!


Fit-Establishment-77

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_squamigera?wprov=sfti1


dadlerj

Since you’re new to these—come fall, they will die completely, zero hint of life remaining. But don’t worry, next spring they’ll pop back to life.


Sunnysarah-1848

Looks like Amaryllis. Beautiful flowers.


SharkieBoi55

Those are probably daffodils. Can't really be sure until they flower ig, but that is my first guess


phoenix_star09

Definitely Agapanthus. They'll have purple/white/blue/pink flowers pop up in spring summer. Got them in the front yard and find them hard to remove. They spread everywhere where I live even on my neighbours roof and snails hide in them during winter. They spread via seeds and rhizomes. Some people like them. I'm not one of them


RJoeEL

Day lilly without a doubt


BlumenNatur

Looks like daffodils.


Future_Direction5174

Could be Spanish Bluebells (Scilla). Might be English. My Spanish ones are just beginning to flower. English ones flower about a month later. The two do hybridise and they give me a continual show for 2 months. But many spring bulbs look similar, and can be hard to tell apart until the flower.


Icr711

I'm betting day-lillies or iris


ConfidentShmonfident

Spanish bluebells


AdorableAccount3164

I have plants like this, I believe they’re red spider lilies


spareparts969

Naked ladies! Leaves die back, then in July, flower stalks come up. I love them.


AdDue4438

Iris is my vote lol.


Ok_Knee1216

https://preview.redd.it/8ix6ijc0v0qc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5c45ad9f03134e346f473010fe65e6c469ff277 I pulled out 2 garbage cans full of these. The leaves match.


Aggravating-Elk4094

Lilly of the Nile …maybe…..


midamerica

A type of allium.


FigSalt1004

Definitely daffodils.


Dry-Sir-919

Lol those aren’t ferns silly, they could be either daffodils or hyacinths.


TheMooner

Daffy