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Post by ladybird on May 21, 2016 16:01:11 GMT
I found these lovely pink bells growing in the front garden, can anyone tell me what they are and are they invasive . I think they have a scent and I don`t recall planting them . My friend says they are spanish bluebells , however they are definately pink and not blue. They have just been hit by hailstones but did look a lot nicer.
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Post by grindle on May 21, 2016 16:26:28 GMT
I think your friend is right ladybird you can get pink and white ones
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Post by daitheplant on May 21, 2016 17:43:19 GMT
Scilla nonscripta,LB
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Post by ladybird on May 21, 2016 18:41:48 GMT
are they spanish then or english do you think
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Post by ladybird on May 21, 2016 18:55:11 GMT
spanish I think then I can`t find any reference to pink english ones . what a pity , the birds must have dropped seeds, they will have to go Thanks grindle and daitheplant for the info.
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Post by SueA on May 21, 2016 19:57:30 GMT
I think you're right & they probably are Spanish ladybird, hyacinthoides/scilla hispanica, as they're pink & very upright & the flowers are all around the stem, with English bluebells the flowers tend to be more on one side & the stem bent over. You do get white English bluebells hyacinthoides/scilla non scripta but not pink but then you do get hybrid mixtures of the Spanish & English too.
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