Blue bells

Bluebells anyone yet?

 

Lovely - only one showing in a very sheltered hedgerow. Here in my garden they are only in bud still.

 

There's nothing quite like a forest of bluebells, is there?

 

its a beautiful sight.

 

My god buddie, they look FAB!

I've got some in a pot but they don't look anything like yours!

is it true that you shouldnt dig Bluebells up if there growing wild???

 

Blimey Waco..they will be a lovely picture soon
T-P-O-Sweetness..Do not touch them!..tempting I know but it's a shooting offence! :D

 

oh my word...dare i ask Waco.....Why (wince wince)

 

From the country side..take only pictures...and leave only footprints!

 

Could i say Waco mate, i live in a terraced house which is not overlooked, behind us is a place that distributes tyres (car tyres) which has resulted in a fair bit of greenery on the surrounding area, including the Bells which aren't claimed by anyone.

Please Waco, could you tell me why i should just look and not touch? :confused: :eek: (excuse my ignorance)

 

As a Paladin...I would say rescue is a duty..on many a dark night folk have seen fit to save those in distress
But I would never suggest you take healthy wild flowers away from a stable environment!

 

I didn't upset them?? :( sniff sniff

 

I didn't upset the ones I rescued from a rubbish tip either :rolleyes: Just help save the planet and give them a new life...but don't be seen,,OK!

 

Blue bells are actually poisonous but the bulbs were extensively harvested in Elizabethan times for their starch which was used for stiffening ruffs and other items of dressware. Just thought you'd like to know that piece of useless trivia!

Bluebells in a woodland setting should be left to their own. They wilt within hours of being picked and are useless as cut flowers and damaging the leaves, even by standing on them, can prevent them from flowering the following year.

A garden I work in has loads of them though. Probably taken from the wild about 100 or so years ago, so if anyone would like some seed later on PM me.

There are also rarer pink shades and a beautifull white form that grows wild near me but this is strictly a 'look but don't touch'.

 

When i was young me and my cousin used to go to the bluebell woods and pick bunches of them...unfortunately where those bluebells were is now a housing estate!!Thats what is happening to all our native wildflowers ..building work and farming practises...If everyone picked everything their would definately be nothing left..seed and bulbs are more available now than they were so its possible to grow your own..waco its a lovely picture!!

 

I hasten to add, it is not my garden or land, just where I walk the dogs, but at the bottom of my garden I have some bluebells sent as a freebie from a bulb company, I didn't really want them, so just slung them in a rough spot. They have come through in lovely pink and white clours as well as blue so I am delighted with them.

Pea of sweetness I understand your delemma, but you can buy bulbs and they are easy and I will be happy to take seeds for anyone who wants to have a go.