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Q I moved to a new home in the summer and found a bunch of these odd roots as I was digging a new garden bed. Any idea what they might be?
Eva Rossi, IL

You’ve discovered a bed of Virginia bluebells (). This native spring ephemeral quickly grows from these fleshy underground rhizomes. As the flowers fade and the foliage withers, the roots store food

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