Now that spring is fully here, I have counted six kinds of flowering bulbs growing between the front and back yards: tulip (yet to flower), iris (yet to flower), crocus (first tiny bulbs of the season), grape hyacinth (second flower of the season), what is possibly a day lilly (growing into an unruly jungle but no flowers yet), and this little mystery which I first described to people as "something that looks like a green onion":

These green shoots are now starting to produce some sort of blue/purple flower, so we may know what these bulbs are very soon! Here are the latest pictures: