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Post by esther on May 23, 2011 14:38:00 GMT
I love this combination - I didn't plan it though
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Post by Lou78W on May 23, 2011 14:39:07 GMT
That is beautiful ;D
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Post by merlin on May 23, 2011 14:42:52 GMT
The only way you could improve on that would be to have English ones ;D
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Post by esther on May 23, 2011 14:50:47 GMT
The only way you could improve on that would be to have English ones ;D How can I tell the difference please Merlin?
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Post by Geranium on May 23, 2011 20:02:49 GMT
English bluebells only have flowers on one side of the stem, and the top of the stem bends over. The Spanish ones are sturdier, and have flowers all round the stem. They tend to stand more upright, too. I like that combination, too!
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Post by esther on May 24, 2011 4:50:50 GMT
So ,my bluebells are spanish then ?
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Post by Cherry on May 24, 2011 5:03:43 GMT
I love that combination too. Esther I have just rooted some cuttings of gold spiraea and I have a few Spanish bluebells (which have the tops eaten off by something every year) and will do the same.
Merlin, I don't mind where my plants come from. I have them from all over the world, but the English bluebells are nice in woods where they suit the situation. What is wrong with those bluebells in the picture? When mine are not eaten, they are pink, blue and white and much nicer than top heavy types which are grown indoors or outside.
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Post by merlin on May 24, 2011 5:13:12 GMT
American Cray fish, Mink, Grey squirrels.
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Post by Geranium on May 24, 2011 8:38:09 GMT
So ,my bluebells are spanish then ? Yes, but I don't think it matters in a garden. It's where there are bluebell woods close that the concern is that they'll hybridise and the Spanish ones take over. There are none around here, so I let them get on with it and enjoy the colour.
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