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  • YnneadYnnead Posts: 250
    Apparently spanish bluebells are not as great a threat to the native ones according to this report.

    London
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Well I’m not risking it ... we have some beautiful ancient woodland full of our native bluebells here in Norfolk. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    The main problem with the spanish ones in gardens is they spread so easily and the bulbs are able to move deeper (or shallower, if deeply buried) in the soil over time, with areas taken over by them becoming little but a mass of their large unattractive leaves for much of the year.  I remove them every time I see them, but I've been doing that for 30 years.  But still they come!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    BobTheGardener said:
    The main problem with the spanish ones in gardens is they spread so easily and the bulbs are able to move deeper (or shallower, if deeply buried) in the soil over time, with areas taken over by them becoming little but a mass of their large unattractive leaves for much of the year.  I remove them every time I see them, but I've been doing that for 30 years.  But still they come!

    So have I 😞. Them and the weedy grassy allium.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    How can you tell Spanish from native bluebells before the flowers come out?
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    It's tricky, but in general I find the spanish ones have more, longer and wider leaves than the native, if unsure just wait for the flowers.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Might be safer! Thanks BobTheGardener.
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