I must have planted ... could they be allium?

Stamford, CT(Zone 6b)

There is no question about last year's allium order from American Meadows. I ordered bulbs that we love and some we hadn't yet met. Surprise, surprise. Somehow I expected taller plants and instead had to search for the 6 inch plants, but ok. The blue globes never appeared, and I thought they might be late bloomers when I saw these sprout about 2 weeks ago.

There are 5 plants, standing about 12-15 inches high, producing foliage only. About 3-4 inches on the stem is a collar that is the petiole(?) for the outer leaf, and the foliage has parallel veination, sort of like a scallion, but the leaves are not tubular. At the center of each leaf (tip to base) is a crease.

They appear to be different from everything I recall. I am quite certain they are bulbs planted by yours truly, and the only ones I haven't yet seen are the A. caeruleum, so I wonder if that is what they are.

By the way it is about 40 degrees outdoors, and they don't appear to be affected by the low temps.
Any ideas?

Marcia

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Stamford, CT(Zone 6b)

This might be easier to view as it is a bit lighter.

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Calgary, AB(Zone 3b)

They certainly look like onions though not Allium caeruleum.

Elgin, IL(Zone 5a)

Maybe baby christophiis?

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Stamford, CT(Zone 6b)

I did plant Christophiis two years in a row, but they never appeared. This is pretty late, isn't it? We had snow this a.m., and it was about 26 degrees, so I did not check on them, but yesterday they were still growing....

Elgin, IL(Zone 5a)

I planted alliums and they all seemed to disappear. So I planted some more. Two years later they all appeared and brought friends. I ended up with tremendous clusters of them. I ended up with a couple hundred. I started giving them away. The pictures show the original place from which they disappeared, and where I planted more.

Give them one more year.

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