type of white bluebells? hybrid or spanish?

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  1. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    I've been trying to get rid of the things for years....only an hour ago I dug some out....thick white bulbs. I let them dry off on the shed roof then burn them.
     
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    Pal, you are talking about the Spanish ones, what Keinnaf has are the Siberian ones, much smaller.:dbgrtmb:
     
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    Definitely wild garlic, Allium triquetum. The stems are triangular. Not so edible as A. ursinum where the flowers are in an umbel at the top but they won't poison you. Bluebells will.
    English bluebells can be just as invasive as the spanish ones and if you try to dig either out they go down miles! Wild garlic is even worse.
     
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    @Baalmaiden you are replying to a post from 2011, exlabman hasn't been on the forum for 5 years
     
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