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Years ago, I bought a potted ostrich fern and planted it in a shady forest edge 15' in from my lawn edge.  This spring (late April and holding into May) I noticed that the ostrich fern is surrounded by this lovely little (a bit taller than 2") blue flower.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I have not seen this anywhere else around my property and so am assuming it must have come along as a wonderful little hitchhiker with that fiddlehead.
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sweet!
maybe a bluebell?
I haven't seen one in awhile to remember the flower shape.

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Fairly certain that's something in the genus Scilla, only the flower isn't fully unfurled yet. Don't know which one, there are a lot of species.
 
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Siberian Squill, yep.

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Eino Kenttä wrote:Fairly certain that's something in the genus Scilla, only the flower isn't fully unfurled yet. Don't know which one, there are a lot of species.

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Yup, same. In MN, that would definitely be Siberian Squill.

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/siberian-squill
 
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Thank you all!  I will keep an eye out for when they open a bit more, but looking through pictures, I'm pretty sure you guys nailed it.

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