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Early Spring Grower

by lora
(Tulsa, Oklahoma - USA)

Tell us about where the plant is growing. (city, town, state/province)

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tell us what conditions the plant is growing in (sun/shade, soil condition)

Right now, the spot is in mostly full sun, as the trees have not leafed out yet. The location will be nearly full shade later on though. Soil condition is relatively good - good drainage, moderate organic matter. Backyard had been neglected for at least two years prior to me moving in (unit was vacant). I'm still a good bit before the last frost date - in fact, these little plants have withstood a few doses of ice and light snow thus far.

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Early Spring Grower

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lily???
by: DK Nursery

It looks like a lily. I would like to find out what it is when you do or another pic when it blooms. Please post update. Good luck. Shell
P.S. If it's leek or some kind of allium
by: Nori

it would have an oniony smell when you brush or lightly pressure the tissue of the base of the leaves, like when you're working around it. Some of the varieties grown for their flowering raither than for their edible bulbs are quite mild, but it's an easily identifiable scent.
But the ends of the leaves are pointy like daylilies... (It's the end of May now; what's it look like now?)
daylilies not native, Shirley
by: Nori Lane Bishop

My Taylor's Gardening Encyclopedia lists the multiple daylily species as being from Eurasia, Japan, China, and Siberia, and I assume all the huge number of varieties available are hybrids of those. They have naturalized here extremely well, like many other species that are assumed to be native, but actually came from somewhere in Europe or Asia, and escaped from some garden a very long time ago.
I agree that this picture looks like a large species of daylily. The ones with large, wide leaves are usually Hemerocallis fulva or some hybrid of it, and are later bloomers than the narrower and smaller leaved species.
Leek?
by: Anonymous

The bottom of the plant looks a little like a leek plant.
Native Daylily
by: Shirley

This looks like the orange native daylily, which can be pretty invasive if it likes the situation. They can be a good cover for large banks or slopes, but only if you don't want to grow anything else there. Believe it or not, some catalogs have this plant for sale.
Daylily?
by: Chris

While it's hard to tell what size the plant is from the picture, it looks the way a daylily does when it's just stating to pop up to me. I have several that start out grey-green and then turn dark green once the leaves mature.
Lily?
by: Moni

My quick guess is a lily of some sort. Does look like a daylily. When it blooms we will all have a better idea.
Can you tell what kind of a root system it has? fiberous, tubor?

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