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English bluebells (Hyacinthoides Non Scripta)

jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
edited January 2019 in Plants
Hi everybody, I bought a pack of 50 of these from an Amazon seller called “woodland bulbs”, and received them yesterday ... there was definitely less than 50 in there but I’d already started planting them.

I’m just wondering, do these propagate or spread? 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    they seed and the bulbs multiply


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    is the supplier in the UK? If not, my  money is on them being Spanish bluebells.
    Devon.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Hostafan1 said:
    is the supplier in the UK? If not, my  money is on them being Spanish bluebells.
    always a possibility. :( 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
    U.K seller with overwhelmingly positive reviews.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    jamesharcourt said:
    U.K seller with overwhelmingly positive reviews.
    that's good to hear :( 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    Do you have acreage?   Looking at any English bluebell wood in April will tell you all you need to know about their proclivities.. romantic though they are in that setting, having learnt from experience, I would caution planting them in a more modest garden... you will spend the rest of your days trying to get rid...  pretty for a week or so...
    East Anglia, England
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I've planted a few (very cautiously!)in a raised shady bed under a wall, fronted by a railway sleeper and a gravel path. They haven't gone berserk yet...…..
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
    Marlorena said:
    Do you have acreage?   Looking at any English bluebell wood in April will tell you all you need to know about their proclivities.. romantic though they are in that setting, having learnt from experience, I would caution planting them in a more modest garden... you will spend the rest of your days trying to get rid...  pretty for a week or so...
    Certainly not acreage!  It's a small(ish) area really.
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