What is this bulb?

Blue flowerets at the bottom open first. Is there a way I can post a picture of it?

 

Please re-post your photo!

 

Sorry Ruth, your link does not work. See advice for attaching pics here....

http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=725

 

Most do that. Some common blue bulbs are Chionodoxa, Hyacinthoides, Muscari and Scilla.

A blue-flowered bulb native to western North America and seen growing both naturally and in cultivation here is Camassia.

 

Here's a picture.

 

Scilla peruviana.

 

Ditto to Portuguese Squill Scilla peruviana.

As an aside, this is native to Spain & Portugal, not Peru as one might expect from the scientific name - the name is because the specimens given to Linnaeus were sent to him on a ship called the 'Peru'.

 

Thanks very much for the information.