image too small.. and not a link to a bigger pic ...

ken

Sorry about that. Still getting the hang of this. Let's try this:

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If you tear a leaf, does it smell like onion/garlic?

I'll guess daffodil-- because I think that's a tulip near the top of the picture.
happy spring!

It doesn't smell like garlic or onion.

It is a tulip on the top of the pictures. Tulips are out with buds, but haven't flowered yet.

Thanks for the help so far :-)

It's common for tulips and daffodil bulbs to peter out and quit blooming.

something in the daff family.. narcissus.. etc ...

Ken

That does look like daffodil foliage. It does seem odd that there is one all alone. If that is the only one, and the tulips do well there, I can't imagine it is because the daffodil petered out. In nice conditions which this looks to be, they can thrive for years. (Tulips can lessen with time.) It may be that owner dug up the daffodils to take to a new home, and one small bulb got left behind. Daffodils make new small side bulbs that will not bloom until they get big enough.
Remy

could be a daffodil

or snowdrops

or amaryllis belladonna, up with daffodils, then the leaves die off and flower appears later.

Not snowdrops but I agree that another photo from the side would be helpful... It is evidently some kind of bulb that is not mature enough to bloom... Or blooms in fall long after the foliage has died down?

first pic at link???

ken

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Remy--I think that is exactly what happened. I know the previous owner dug up some tulips because there were still holes in the garden and bulbs on the porch when we moved in. So maybe it will still flower.

abgardeneer--I haven't seen flowers in the fall in that spot, but again, if the bulb isn't mature I wouldn't.

Ken--it does look exactly like that, except mine is smaller.

I'll try to get a picture up from the side this afternoon.

If it's been there for three years and hasn't bloomed, I can't imagine the original owners digging it up and taking it with them.

Is there a pink flower in this area in the fall?

Gardeners dig up all their stuff all the time when selling homes. I've had many friends do it.
I could be wrong about being a daffodil, but it is a bulb.
Oh I just scrolled up and see that the Ashley, the original poster, says the old owners did dig up bulbs before moving.
Remy